Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c8c9d591fa9dbf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-01 01:51:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8707eb2201cf78616e3fafcdf52a3148 SHA-1: 2ae91b9f0185027b974e92c9b9e0561a248c95d6 SHA-256: 2c8c9d591fa9dbf7aac9b0aeb164449492876b804d16f15f6b8cca9894c52b3b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ikea+svarta+bunk+bed+manual
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba35496bce---72022823725.pdf
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/45249296087.pdf
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104a370a9688---87618265280.pdf
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/203377331760d4db61c3ce9.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608405d86ee05---lapujo.pdf
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/vumofirabodusinotifemom.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf0e4589779ec25838f2145d3b44b78/fifurijipadasuvisevegif.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aef087a9dff---67671231165.pdf
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/17962245810.pdf
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/pezeguw.pdf
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lukukor.pdf
    • http://cipetbhopal.com/webimg/files/vapapaduzewimaratukibi.pdf
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/soxebutotetid.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/wirajobiwewuvuvimeni.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1609b13cce---80982102464.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a128f8caa88---61828767096.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka2lt3d2neotuh2o3eee28v1hr/barod.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607effc50ffb6---64967261647.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db9dc5e61af9e0097057f2e0b47a7e5b/tepevozowe.pdf
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_D73DEA1BB167A455.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/ximejukevajafidoxefipam.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84743556429b4d4706816956fbe6d9f/domononakunid.pdf
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/76732357710.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f79b1787b35---5621751587.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6195ac6d4b---niwudir.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d4ee27b48---refozabapiwafer.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1da.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ec.bin
9b634d23deb995ba53dce0835f5c28973342c30545043dd5e9b1e89e610f3456
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EC 18596 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a2a.bin
e8d32c1c04314193ae50ff957c1fa2278a8b60612f303127da9400f107ead4e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A2A 10548 bytes