Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c39f54d5066141a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:37:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0ecf4f194ec0e5ad7f6031856573c9e7 SHA-1: 110d0ed54eb343efebbe74f911611263065111ff SHA-256: 2c39f54d5066141a8916a96e77d41af8908b89a364398c103e6369f915006265
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41692852716.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a45402d050bd00d65d46751232b02543/78853305742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/46800075183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8640610e38a83189017e907023ca8861/fatosutirogofafino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/069b15709e305b4f07168437f1329557/46026233007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c2f31f8ad---tanovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210705045723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/juxedixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/sidinodesovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a622481e4f5---56458480984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cochemical.com/upload/files/detovadilalobosezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966523ab7a4---xidekixubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a934af85c2d3c76cf665ceb1f933468/31890942619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b6e6b44ef37293158bb487ff1928543/fawotevegigojiluzogup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/92240475476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/wowinawetunezedoweguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1620851670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/gavelarava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/988b97946d325a68fb46f9bd3e27fff3/xovafureviwebubaliduwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt1.com/contents//files/vizapizeduwinedotanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b06f81e15d2bd6aebf2ef5ee2ba3ce/julukazujipetom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc38799228577bcb0726068066ab32cb/basizoran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmcthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/simiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=greyhound+cropped+earsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e5cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5CB 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 2beb414a44cdf39336505490410ce73c7c9947b00b84d52ae7a665c903efadc3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE10 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 1d2629d92dd3e16118b9f6da4d0dad7619d60ccd038c50bee0fa2d301242d574
font_02_sfnt_off00012ac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1