Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c38b547345098d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 18:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: abb46dc33a7f36496fbc71432da7823d SHA-1: eb0544db34e99a0b41d9c47e0c6c62aa133e0bca SHA-256: 2c38b547345098d76a76ad0e83246b57ff87056a3359c9673a742e088bea6a97
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, which likely serve as landing pages for malicious content or phishing attempts. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest a campaign to drive traffic to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+hcp+crystal+structure PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59huqf93opchjnh1a83tk9q8b4/83857393636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d01e5ee17d0---pasasoruwugibirupiweto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/15794760129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db81b1fe917ca649f66ec80bb4fd8095/59849125108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/balipudutadusekanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/duxitawatimoniragiduki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b943e1a941---99838301687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fc12cfe55---55457678238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c90104f55dd12895a7512b61d8b99268/56957250112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/58223660614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubebomogiruworafaxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b3262c1c1be14d4f719e04c17051f0a/83049384359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05e53f0a49---44575650445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38812c9d4ed87899b07fe611727c6184/28958725616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b53826be6a73392f7d50abbd5b0713c3/5799253401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/50555372918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feqorptvpbhcoo69dnptlc21sj/bamojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grrbqds9helac5v328c78k8qs4/wegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6cf6597548---16599983489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/saxofupivuvolorova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/26428376097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e494be33cc1c5d23615766355c6f34aa/wekolimatexesome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7niddraq7lg0jup0tom766nt4/rasulupedobanifukuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b8693053ad4e6caf4caf1d9d0716ba/tudilupo.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012630.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12630 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013e41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E41 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 73ec6210c49bcdb493ce2668dd25b2adf91a0a7ce2ff08f73ffec585307e78c1
font_02_sfnt_off0001537d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1537D 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 34176c1a06e1226f7c5779aec8a9e05fd3ad80150a183f5aa163067642daea80
font_03_sfnt_off00016c9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C9F 21568 bytes
SHA-256: fc51f0fa28d3baca77ddaa213a117b9a1f3bea4442b99267b9b2e91ad4db86a3