Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c79d1300e6cc769…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:03:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 515da699197dcb95c1c1a072fba6b634 SHA-1: fd6a83db2f7eef2bcb52b41bde2e0f9aa2e39432 SHA-256: 2c79d1300e6cc769f36345272d43ddf7376a4b126fc476aa35f9aa04e8a9d0c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely involving a spearphishing attachment as the initial access vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+car+racing+games+for+pc+windows+10+32+bit PDF link annotation
    • http://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/tojawokumofajize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8095b7f0b---61498607917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdwy028.com/uploadfile/file/20210628234930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s72h6tb90fitisct9arkr9u7a6/64734292735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/27445328702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/voweruwajijat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984b133e222---lijoxedegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekalocal.com/Maeka/UserFiles/File/95537629735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jp6lcobk3r65tg3arekr6cig5h/zajaraxigaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/52593122429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c09c14df6b---fivuwokafuzopekolavosired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/22713692629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd2ec3341a9187d25524c3d7f6f3a29e/48118035544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccichn.vn/data/upload/file/gabepagazuzesekixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84bfeb2577c3f932b807bfdd8ff8a83b/xasoxajekunalegelezutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc2f6240a60d6b4890a5934d0b50e149/6102425116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42mo10el0hc73sj0noath6r0uv/gugesisixofuviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/23269630537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/95248411490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/57060683786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d34eed3baea---68499010106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726b8e7309a---gakowopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/46088917947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0702383b8c---befav.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_off0000f2ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AB 16916 bytes
SHA-256: fd5ef8d352c6610239f37e2a4623aacce65fa13d5807015d1a6c2ca52649e629
font_01_sfnt_off00011edb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EDB 11632 bytes
SHA-256: 4bf0f9f68c64842437e7dc350f030774d7dd69223760b732260e0765a9726171
font_02_sfnt_off00013a34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1