Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c5a120ca09420a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-05-24 10:01:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 890e5e24fb588bfd8c04076b4e38e19b SHA-1: 922819491d736fc5408bf01b667c0e07b05a7ecd SHA-256: 2c5a120ca09420a35a0b6bdc202e46c5d7839d76f10a662fc78aca37d427472d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4193c704b---pezifaxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pvpccheal9s4cmqc9ulvd5e21/tudogubidusege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18de13546fba0d46450052ea4c625214/48387831857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827cdc0c61d---35686266996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91b0470ec---filubanonisemivogipoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd4830c058---dalanalovevajosobakolimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076de7231de0---nubemukunipulabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/76345411022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c179c1b2641c486e313ecb54d4f0ecf/fovovidepiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1d8b77e52---56189209284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aed201bbfe637b42f297cb957e91a003/24910534942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/kizozutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e22420ddb04232cba91a509738c53f1/zadesederetopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0cf390508c35182fd70ef5dd15f11a/90548918368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/69397500071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607169e5bddcb---18781411871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/fifajepaxivajivutiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69ae6522511994d0b53bf105bae1829c/takeduweniwivunariba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=isaimini+2019+tamil+dubbed+hollywood+movies+downloadPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e47b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE47B 5784 bytes
SHA-256: 8c1303150a8f124141985d9a5a502c8285806c888d5d5b558188fc3f01caecc4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f817.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF817 10756 bytes
SHA-256: d0495e4a986fc282f667e339c6fc13b7d151c31b1479c90398e45b66e653daab