Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c7ff86ed3eb13e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:54:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 85cedf358f5edc5113813598cd6f71d0 SHA-1: 877b277ecd4811f1d52981f7d96c6d4b22091251 SHA-256: 2c7ff86ed3eb13e04bc001e978da914cfce4688754b3b9e7c5313a23526e142a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised WordPress installations, serving as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to leverage SEO for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fojnu1eeekg8eu45p93u7g8as/fonugelir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1c31a4ff1---87954014238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botusuduxufofosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/68555020729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/339og5tganloc9gkqv2mpn0di6/85710357430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c97939d826---88265617933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee1895cd8f8---85517987642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/mizojofazudavevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/46977827616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3b5okjdu7em3jk6vdnbncj27/risilifanewotetivipuwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/givuroxasesivixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb5c41382c---tesebawusasaxama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd31052cc4c---63942112142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/leraniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/36280047472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/saxaxarezitikogajavubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/vobodalexewuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b066bee9980---90360338435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/gidusarumijusumevuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/guguvevufitexuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd2aca477f---xasuseruwizodajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28009e305f8e1036a3b473eec286bef7/42669079634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/59253153170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f8acd4d6b---82269184220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84e7991d59---46070146810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=opening+speech+for+presentation+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_off0000ef3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3B 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 246063ff50df8f9d66a980dd90528cce40334e8f451fffc14c12430fcb5a9b5b
font_01_sfnt_off00010820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10820 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 6180d67221954fe5947f91018d6f832614602b46f466ab886dfab44db3e73530
font_02_sfnt_off00013645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13645 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1