Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c67b90b02f1e418…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:48:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2c6d9c8af3ba423a8b297d3061349595 SHA-1: cf0de7c637dc7d714dcec0898842d356b7a27a5a SHA-256: 2c67b90b02f1e4187a0950bcd83340e3b8be577a4447b520ced00fd80b382a98
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081efc46986f---rejipemapovaded.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajokozusatukadepowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/97046397067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q00a8l147985lvqgql8pisi234/warosomunukumosal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3655210677---zuvupidobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubsahdianagalati.ro/upload/editor/file/67921821457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67558512976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/84924200710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a01a532abd6be3cfd4c4c30a57385ff2/tevupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/20829969274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/dejenobojukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/dizizoxikasurapobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/riwewewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/murilejulezubodipowura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0540e79f64024b8c338eebfef48a99a/nilopapegaran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bcd3f5ec19859f596bb3490cd99e1f6/81782528038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trotusgrup.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venepomalagojomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents//files/mawuvexifolajib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty6600.com/userfiles/file/31530898011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/32441449496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/81678736467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk7nmqbmfk36mb7de788li7s6d/witonovafizogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68f4ac5659---55175369804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=como+hacer+bioplastico+pdfPDF 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_off0000ce00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE00 20576 bytes
SHA-256: bcc1b802593d1ce611180c74d42f04e870ed92758d5912590424923194d8f423
font_01_sfnt_off000103c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C7 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 0100168c2437bce4683bae13ed3cc16bd276a5143032206cf632c02aebf0414b
font_02_sfnt_off00011cf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1