Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c2be6b63c633198…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:53:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: bcbf8766cac21fa3d85f87d80f704028 SHA-1: bc7ac88191923ada7e81701cf1a5d20728c19289 SHA-256: 2c2be6b63c633198bcd0eb406e0b7d9f388e68874c93c15b2e58c94483cd00a9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to trick users into clicking these links, potentially leading to phishing or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=goal+setting+worksheets+for+highschool+students PDF link annotation
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb1bcd204b---94962481889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887af1d2867---47501753233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/72552354857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b70e0e7f439---35689851353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f133c8be55---39762072106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/vidunomupoxunozupezuzajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d8523af13---sixijunofefuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0da6ff254f---25977902257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/99365407692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opf0akpsm86ln25lfecrue4mf0/zetusuloledazoduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/814bb0f66a316d669f13ac429f486008/maviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8af9d87d9---96065203398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e48094a3d65d0a9781bce546475b5056/bipavalinevonenufigekiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e31082b719dad04782364c1a816602/34952583446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/76620218472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24deb677bd---jabidokuwutonil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/welutifud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8623723530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/xonedixopisawazinoxakajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/73592166273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbaac5dddf---detitifasuxexebojigil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/sasetewubuweziwadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210626_214840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000145a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145A6 17512 bytes
SHA-256: b619fa8f26e1ddeb3c2c7e60f02e6327ea9b3ed85b2eae5b049f9524129afc6d
font_01_sfnt_off0001734b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1734B 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 9d8879137aeb2c0afcf3595c4402d9baf67a4d2287ceb467d6a4cbb22bbe7789
font_02_sfnt_off00018cf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18CF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1