Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c9ecc26305b786c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:25:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2da4f1790629366410b1df8135fdd23f SHA-1: b258ff4a39c5f2bd45a549d5627bc11b56e12a40 SHA-256: 2c9ecc26305b786c310e8c3dd5724ced97181ad9b3be0ddd2b14b43469a33824
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pro+and+the+will+of+the+wisps PDF link annotation
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rv75l0ie54j13gti3kfj2totr8/85605127044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6dagk0v3lcm0570p3llbfgdm0/basotewixurafitojopijunig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/42950313716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/28490752098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd350b8c4b---47834984873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088377e6ce26---56061740369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/30188422529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/232059006343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f0b5f23f2---68187268831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1d8aec75f---62249801682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf7e6784c---xipuruzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-29/20210529223851734864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cecf82a2a4cd120d3065213d5b7904e3/49156938353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazuberosajadexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/38900768981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867e2d6bf3f---73917421032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791834c0a12---84082533476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/gojowugajigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/85390943253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0775d17a4e51d98a84b2fef6149bd95/gibugevabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8ff72e72a3888b09b92c70cfb92316/69576368812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37078b5b3b---60546028552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ebf203f14---48674372439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa52f60f62a5c288974417663d48261/24861034136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2b3ae6ffd2578fe537febf4f393af46/95843993413.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_off0000e178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE178 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f98a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98A 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 85b6e0231eadc4ab23bc1ae92158e33e1fe1b53f86f6ee2d889b49624a160c05
font_02_sfnt_off000127f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F5 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 8d6568bf030ab496003285c97415e8f8343111db3fbc2f0ab4be9e388cc2592b