Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c80502dca046a4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:55:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a0967a138a982f3729fc86cedce040bd SHA-1: 1585c0e1d28b7144f8763cae5ce5566f16f6996b SHA-256: 2c80502dca046a4dbfb245c86d76b842138cf2f617d38ff7f91b293f9f03b19f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristic indicate a likely attempt to distribute malware or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e6ef956cc8---jibof.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add411592ae---17120118195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungder.com/upload/bikukigurazusilizure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/1355954819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/dozirekirun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3udk0diclfnlh9js26q9gpjnh/liwofapoliwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/wonenixanatisexisadija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef1d42b40e---94358657107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastijptoto.com/contents/files/fironojidazenebanovinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53306179539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210731060723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accd7684860---jasipatatojufupali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acb4c8a78c---1825522928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/zomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b7b2036c7---kubomekewutasida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161058005d9cc1---wisumogefobilitupujimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/90905121439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/belulutusujenepoxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d066a92f76e818d4d6ce41a342639f/87618363468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4f135bcd7---14144785700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/43890179550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0b2e78d33---54554402119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0083b492d44f8af5da476d7acca72bc3/52862473641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=introducing+a+kitten+to+your+catPDF 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_off0000ba91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA91 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 2197b8b4a843d792112538ca9a5e3ab6d4d1edf9985a8928b9877aa94a6f94a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC1 15084 bytes
SHA-256: cdcf8ad01a3f440efa1d6f317bd85b87822039312e775228c8fd784a2b0ad714