Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c54ef5d10ba19da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 04:18:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 09efd1e84674d1eba9469334632d32e8 SHA-1: 5463dc99b0316fa13db5be647a7be1c35ae27087 SHA-256: 2c54ef5d10ba19daa24ea6e3ab91a764656cb477b7986effa03a3c1426a101c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b32d7ef03---gexuvifepudumonu.pdf
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af66f9bf0d36612c75841b5188975b4/bikogozepoga.pdf
    • http://seednseed.com/admin/fckfiles/file/19058019687.pdf
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/42622842147.pdf
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d2738b1f4d39760c3cbb4cad6986857/9874217341.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9calnsjeu2ergsfjk6ed1a2dq/67941412515.pdf
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/675573343.pdf
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/sibovonevuwilulo.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ee299c8c9---kadanog.pdf
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed46a2087f5387c06bfce86bc7ff81fe/gepopotirufazokiwafiru.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1ed36951a---ralifitebomozigogabeze.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e397e99fc0---93166387081.pdf
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7a4f94d1f---gitilatidevale.pdf
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/mofatadoxigewomikofax.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d19e194046a---74673676071.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d97a1672fb2c8526e3db9c5da7416e5f/velujosepoziwawojip.pdf
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/niwarimi.pdf
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/bizamuwokopoti.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvdjpqd9gebku3ftcnh1nf50gc/fuborebobetipelalex.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740a6cd9a45---womikamerabuk.pdf
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/28429888212.pdf
    • https://dienlanhbachkhoa.info/upload/files/27133947250.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=increase+jpeg+size+online
    • 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_off0000e34c.bin
f420b56ca1279f3c3347f127ad1bd8e5aec480f5abd6e0ace747cb42c84954b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34C 10592 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb88.bin
6bcf0642c2038904a127d0b2e959a86c06f5f3591b954f75f30319741613f8a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB88 17824 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a18.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A18 16792 bytes