Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c7155d786cc6096…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:33:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a474e12430e4d46e8c3217b9890751db SHA-1: a3390245110b6a3690d93d6caa3acffbc13a93af SHA-256: 2c7155d786cc60963b6d4ed8cff160eca6ca4687dff76939661ebb94fd93dcde
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly indicates malicious intent. The file likely serves as a lure to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ce0f1e2e4989cc802fc558b5c24da3/xulujajigazakibopuzurut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88677ef6a22642fcc7f75ce99e4b6c7e/junubelalalumexalamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/50456705042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/vokumawipigisulawizowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d79d0f0ee---43501937457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e2a46362e3f296007ac83941c7a519/vexogegoropor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4jg9mcp0gq3v5f2v3fmks9m70/nigozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a2ea9b6e8---sobupozomadesorozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a6f74d5fa9bac1d564b5ac819d8a75/47382770740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92f692fde7bf2e2bcdd10d611d15f6d3/52763152008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d945d4535e---zitububotubijemizufago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c17f7b380---49137986019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608767438bc80---zimitavixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9f5c008e7---2300952559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/rowipulopavitaxefalomalab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00f8d42aab71ccc35ad4a641d96fa71e/31195724438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabber81reunion.com/clients/b/b6/b60cf3d631ff247311937b5f15bedc89/File/66349449520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/pagumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca64830744---68873198072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/babiletowige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iur13t5q9gemr18nboj50fgss/65831854872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/zozimuwato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff99871ab9---godufowuparopemevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/zedidowatifadojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16217973301049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/7073650168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=rendezvous+with+rama+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000dfd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD4 11120 bytes
SHA-256: a05d58eb01d194c9db6f24a15e1b034d018ddeb9c991f106c49b9dc287c97296
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B0 17800 bytes
SHA-256: def30882ed60ad1aa47fb9d1299d15d80754c948ccba193a48dd2422626000a4
font_02_sfnt_off00012864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12864 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1