Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c97b5a1a8f6ae87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:54:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 54d6e2b737f1d9a230d0b5b7dfb43c5a SHA-1: e9dc1d219c2c176afa0d2c9b75a959672df5943a SHA-256: 2c97b5a1a8f6ae87a6ec69cd32e286cd77f9b3dccf6fb9909e4e378956f2f4dd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF URI heuristics and compromised upload links points towards an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=addition+subtraction+and+multiplication+worksheets+for+grade+3 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/63978151841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanzmendia.com/userfiles/files/37896899236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwlpsalisbury.com/uploads/files/44314488848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/venunikokuzumixosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd10d7aac84---gukonururavotajadako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/52012916003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/buxidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mg75m2rd6dmkgjgglbd4k3jrgh/kozew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2cee840cec9138e772e48c47af6b78/7824322967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falugumotulikuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/kolevilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/472195215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8m6krqk3fg3pmqoi6udbkq7kt6/98563340782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/xetabogoninonadixovofuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthikhoacaocap.vn/upload/files/44271311734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/83955294755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751589a0847---zafaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://022-web.cn/uploadfile/file/20210823165447903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/68111119288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6a65e4b56---21562962037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkohut.pl/file/somiludavubolimazufetuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e52b8ee56---42914601610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87mve3gragi4svv58jjpvob834/11445596537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/78397217751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lokibevowebuzetugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d8ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8CA 11640 bytes
SHA-256: a43a46700405330f15d09df9e89b05b6acb67ce260bd2b96ca6d8195b4c6d632
font_01_sfnt_off0000f402.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF402 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 18ba288ac0448a59de498b0a9db9022e5e9e0a161e607f3650bf9a6684b99e89
font_02_sfnt_off000120be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1