Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c65ef5470c5a0fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 05:31:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4e25f7accfdb057f5756908aeeef999b SHA-1: d70b1949503394c66d688fb1050723054d09b0ac SHA-256: 2c65ef5470c5a0fed162d02b0de920c097cd32717f47ff9eb17ad5e073a7dde7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The presence of an 'invoice/payment lure' heuristic suggests a phishing pretext for the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=clc+222+test+answers
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8b09cdb4b6---25501273811.pdf
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5f398e9eb---buginid.pdf
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/91215421126.pdf
    • http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/wamuzafegon.pdf
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/warafasixarezijix.pdf
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a68ba28c422b03dc27e66a494114f9fd/zudaf.pdf
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/gofowadugokimapawumurez.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077262dbd147---xujutimuvazopaxekufoxem.pdf
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/54922928688.pdf
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15184019576.pdf
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/pipigax.pdf
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucuaqs0kme214qht6n2da8vp6q/nirikeparox.pdf
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/bukesuzosuvimujikitep.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc68d43ea94---66228107590.pdf
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/bikalifugitowuketanav.pdf
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fqeue1rfra48ah2ro79l944o4/63858460324.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce803dc38d---26414321603.pdf
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/ruturumesosakodizumaxeke.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5386e88da---76575462690.pdf
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca733f52c0f3dfe2223f3e8ba88c1ba/21379657120.pdf
    • 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_off000132ef.bin
9dd017b415785ba684dbe7853a8c131a7c22d09a081c0609ff894f78e1850112
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132EF 10248 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014a4c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A4C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001625e.bin
bd9df8d7b147d8b5aa1bdcff0944c7a6e1be8d21089cda75b9e3991ec7d2e156
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1625E 17372 bytes