Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c8f3b457a8179bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:38:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 781059f57b37d486cd9f816625b52bb4 SHA-1: 0629b0e10ae1db05d662514d6039f2d48a40ab29 SHA-256: 2c8f3b457a8179bb86f401244c266af0655bf42de06fd56aba6a6de69c0aad29
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/94807809595.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jamones-luna.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94936579803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/besuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63526822354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hylimusic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/79978660307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381b3c6849c---30310935937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/84202995833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.campacinter.com/image/upload/File/kavekofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255350bfc5035775738c187483a4e6fd/45640100405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/90838502397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b519a08efa2d91b366c6eebaa49e0825/41802442709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drjou-vc.com/upload/files/vojojexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/vadigape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/87043198658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/widipazixetujixewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82590168054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373dc3a895c---buduxepelugoguribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450603759e0---17005277543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/ziwivixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fipikevexego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4km43pffu53jj2a8mdg5d214k/noxofinezufujenutiwijiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vita24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/52082349804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/jamuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users/file/4504505905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+phone+wireframePDF 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_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 039b23cf555cd0631852f0118156bebc9ab0b6b6dea64150fb5df3e161917425
font_01_sfnt_off00010318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10318 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2A 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 2b9e5c795de97ce30fdd1abedcb39270a2011e76dbc82baf494d36f85f27d41a