Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c6923d20a20c462…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 05:33:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 783ad531cbb6f1278b680c44dbc3735f SHA-1: 3a1a8bf843d356cedf2cd0afd4bc08bf41a4928f SHA-256: 2c6923d20a20c462e64beb84d1a94e67bc08353720f7db6173d8dc8aabfed5e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, and one specifically lures users with a search term for pirated movie downloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=pirates+of+caribbean+5+tamil+full+movie+download PDF link annotation
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30d0b6450b52e8c6a215a30a949608a8/17345677211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/50609334071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852de86de68---gixarodelovako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfm2qacsv288r3p6ok7mlj8csh/10940683002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/17627983500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/totatodusigugazugejetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a244ca5e5ce---12446938458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0b19a4d9a---69245376711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/xokiluxesapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/vajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/73193945010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/kidunofadunibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5pkl75g97lsqpqgv22ic9f33p/fukozugizagivakupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/797faf935892391a38204c92f6d99daf/mojamazowubesatelageruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/95336512454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mannaz.pl/userfiles1/file/81438447008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonsaichik.ru/images_uploads/files/gesakisopobogamolinazute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/lumajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/38063200196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/89730474433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/giwidumutoriliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/pedekeravejipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/kovubasiwelufidobiderodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210729224616339205fwat0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49f1491847---20638667514.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_off0000e25d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA74 11164 bytes
SHA-256: c5d80a576935f0ca58796531fab943afad278d7b21e4658dde42a2ea8c35db26
font_02_sfnt_off000114aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AA 18356 bytes
SHA-256: 86c25f2ca160e4e3f2c05f09ae500f483534f053a3fec402e4bced5294c6112f