Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c8b9a196e18724a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:49:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 3cf2ec80e69472a6a7788dd2598a28c4 SHA-1: 626f23426f80aa443c7e1c1d648f80c73b2a6250 SHA-256: 2c8b9a196e18724ab9396ae7b51713dbad4bfac7a3894da39c9787dcc8457184
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://kururlaub-ungarn.de/bilder/files/mubamapozon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/kimutagamazasilego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f621aa40f8423453ec603693117619b/jadamigogokagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/zuvuxologa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e729fb4143---60281914499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/24069243246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/42933243086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7cff025caf---26367970061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosenstein.lu/userfiles/files/30363251241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71485df2b5694aacd2ebba91c6aee0cd/vapotixefifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d4c1ce9bc90d7805468a7db8ac3dca7/vawowuburemazidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13dce212a6e95aec6f842ccaa2a61d2f/2890440296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b4fef12a4---94684776933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ab4ae528dd73c036cfb905247d5e922/87267559481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4e9e52993---nedagijipupone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7244fd8ae500669ef1b461b23e4a4f4/redexidetovazode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc29b2929e---98565285253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee0f7e9e2ab507e6f2dd911edd9f126/86608259920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94fd7dd04b5e128584b2641252c8697a/polaligasira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/61538280744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1827284c72---vupufavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc4c29030680cec4e43e0b4b254ef15e/12626611656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bb5de2fcc---vivipusubifupekemide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c01663bf6---kifidizanujawonizigezege.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/77381775059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=absalom+and+achitophel+biblical+allegoryPDF 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_off00018d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18D2C 11196 bytes
SHA-256: bb7aa223cac8072f8216996678e0f73b90747e2c0c32ba3318ba9d4efc8ef92f
font_01_sfnt_off0001a6ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A6CA 17104 bytes
SHA-256: 3fc4752ea7fae9ebc975914b0165db2c660e591fe7cd14fc59d7ec9beeb8ca4b
font_02_sfnt_off0001d36b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D36B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1