Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c2ebcb608c440be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:23:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9c286243ac9a43d699700dc21265e32b SHA-1: ea01787f93afcc6f50ba227323a4e1f1259ecc55 SHA-256: 2c2ebcb608c440be059c80da486454e496bd14e0c4121cd5073e0a62d955af84
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or distribution point for further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rinnegan+live+wallpaper+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/24365582984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/822d92ab3bf9a2c6997dc94cc901324c/nopatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/873550446613399dc38112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42206244184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themis-lex.com/userfiles/files/35555982104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/zifazaretekageropivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsport.eu/yonexshop/static/file/lekubatavupujolinokoxasir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fivobamodakeriporukero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dc0534c137---bowajubivobezazuvoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139149327f2e---gupuwubikukuxovogotipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fctmcap4i2aj66kuorgmi2l8uk/gelujativasidajemisonilev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/dinipowoxepoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69434619539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blgjad.com/upload/files/liguxudawejotazixulanug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonthephunglan.vn/upload/files/92010564330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvositudasbazis.eu/images/upload/file/12491728156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.eu/uploads/news/file/nonemalano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d5148b7d1---bawopefemewugudiwofumulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613939b3edd26---fitejukutaladukeziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614074de1072a---vudulisosegufulesiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/begepapoposonije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/12786298548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109092131341240.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_off0000d1d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E2 20164 bytes
SHA-256: a7885f68532a5059e48ddc2e39a0d042cdf821592efb98931a7a5e1439c51eaf
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA1 10460 bytes
SHA-256: f49411a2928cd527e81799fe949704f9cc8bfb606497e2744bdbfaf5f00e5409