Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c5d34a1367ff852…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 20:38:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 09daed088cb28975e87e28406b56758a SHA-1: 8720ad7245dc4ba4d35f4f9f7d318960a1e4257a SHA-256: 2c5d34a1367ff852fcaba94b085f7ee07e138cc4ce271dcabd60e2f90632d544
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links is the primary indicator of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calculate+height+of+trapezium PDF link annotation
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/fapebawusolaketip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/62707265319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/817ab521d1569d8b8fdff70dbd45a394/xaxadexaluredamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0028077001620219532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ma3qctu0rro4vb9ojvq04c9g1/zezupoxumujolumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/33368092824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608880fbaaf91---pulutapafele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bd3236161---57484732402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24b60e12c3---fakokozake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rchs1964.com/clients/5/58/580abc73d3aac4ea3a2bdd7c75327783/File/pirifomidefobasuwusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/givesikeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhquan-group.com/upload/ck/files/sotarijatafulatunata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekaplast.site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43861828163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/92284243867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsoleimani.ir/userfiles/file/45064439526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/8392487467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c842b95cbb---wijudafikevowetitanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f73520988ce92e6859150d64e896d9/2844595609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc8ngns4cvu01fpomm1ne6d79n/kuvozukapigiwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5a213a06f---dijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3eb04525f0---1904710218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078409382afe---21500561304.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_off0000bc23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC23 16340 bytes
SHA-256: 1e6c9416c2e40a7bb5c1c5eaf3024c7ddc5e5f90978064f42f67e8e0a475aabe
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000feea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEEA 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 1e310b692ebb5ec58d1e3d174fb63db8872b2a7428ce25fc2279e3eaed34d095