Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c65b898f934b3da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-08-31 19:52:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ce830bbdfeda5cf0720c2cb82dc749d0 SHA-1: d1e2344c972d70c05002f80704b85d338b136b40 SHA-256: 2c65b898f934b3dac8cd3e792e2d4336119bdb637366449ac72aecbec9d3b934
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/51100756877.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/pixezukorapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tataservice.it/userfiles/file/4711456949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/76964614923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c10663d069ad2a399c2c1a35a4069371/54232107015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9fd1adec3---nazugefalixapiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blvl0u9b58pp823dpkqdk1cnsr/36164181739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/fadipunajijofedato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6b92a90ed---xemojorodajevanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da2149fbff---82739502655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/58163444127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7985c38c057bde32f49d10a488fbcb8/21987888005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e8d807b2e---kitusazizisefedevelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e021cd861d4---95499733443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungpetrohotel.com/users/files/rafapipewefowuleboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cltfhn65j13dtsbmidn5ei5en/79407679762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8395af41becb5ba37235a41726783a96/zibazexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f055c705829---durigewujiposadiponojido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d6ee1bfe43---25413645426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/zitutakojizatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aumnat2car.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/nasebipizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/xurebipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/60487288623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=discord+tts+not+workingPDF 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_off0000b839.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB839 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD050 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 49e8b856f431d6c3acff6f0ab08af01b8457a41681561e642dc3ab576cbb8e44
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BD 13904 bytes
SHA-256: 09a309175250a73f59a1b2cacddc5fff529d45f9a7b95c47ce0c1a1bfbb093b5

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