Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c285adc13568859…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:55:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: edd8cd523a82241263b7eab25eaad18e SHA-1: b644750a3612104eb0870523215502f063a39462 SHA-256: 2c285adc1356885967243148810a0b5805678f97477597f746b624c14ae23f65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, masquerading as an 'english study guide pdf' via UTM parameters. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' suggests a deceptive lure, likely to trick users into downloading the linked malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375b696508b---xutosekotanapapulemojipa.pdf
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76548358347.pdf
    • http://spain-ex.com/images/blog/file/34115423099.pdf
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/navobigev.pdf
    • http://tchid.net/userfiles/file/tegazivobetiwav.pdf
    • https://rotitelor.com/contents/files/54227245793.pdf
    • http://hidrometa.com/images_upload/files/57049029475.pdf
    • https://togelunited4d.com/contents/files/14215580160.pdf
    • http://greenearthgardens.org/userfiles/73764080351.pdf
    • https://maurinet.com/userfiles/file/37293543703.pdf
    • https://liepasmuiza.lv/userfiles/library/58579900493.pdf
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/xilimiguzujozarixogisez.pdf
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/37345622226.pdf
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/fuxobunisunepu.pdf
    • https://mayphoviet.com/media/ftp/file/kolipukupusedakedideno.pdf
    • https://sklep-pinokio.pl/web/uploads/files/71048405742.pdf
    • http://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/duxadenokaj.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bac21078d9e9ef638286774f0006f8c/turilagomosezitupasirune.pdf
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/2688066906.pdf
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47867772775.pdf
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/nogekimezaxewamiralufetu.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t1bc477e61de438e3rt6i8sv7/kezorefuputaka.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kumusepofezof.pdf
    • http://www.lircai.com/web/inline/file/webetijasedixum.pdf
    • https://rent-1.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudon.pdf
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/togutisidud.pdf
    • http://ageddfjtjgrade.pretty-match.com/upload/files/63038601965.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=english+study+guide+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f6f1.bin
404abd5761125dc6dcf8a8f6ad71483155ee4ff5460621111fea438675a3fd1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F1 10592 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ed1.bin
4aaee06c9203d81ebc7bf416be540c171c60fee3fda33ee7e42b682f9707e8c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED1 17660 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013cf4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF4 16792 bytes