Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cc53edf48b97e72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:15:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a038fb1834cc4b708a6a2c800a80d3c3 SHA-1: 22683375c08d96330ec97ddd2a0596cf430dec1d SHA-256: 2cc53edf48b97e72fa0400d7692fa0aff7ddc15c9a0dd4d345229aca3152c009
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other potentially malicious URLs. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+birthday+wishes+for+son
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f71e7d171d---sesagunamenawilusu.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec25c9e690740f4f7183607b227e96a3/9807592668.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8b19be7f83b9bd7d76fd39f85f14852/pidabonirav.pdf
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7abbfad32d26d66e883fe5f24996ac7/98436140951.pdf
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6677378eae---23010091733.pdf
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cgb983oje0666rrbbfjp7sfav/42677776433.pdf
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70fdafc6bde68a1e5c2ef63535f89a5f/56482543172.pdf
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/podavusob.pdf
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/669d621n6jn622labvrkcak9f1/53148093698.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b53ea1547---vamaweseregitadugikakasu.pdf
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9150f5bba7---98923273788.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ke70877km90kanp8565a14ecbi/89936530684.pdf
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/wasubu.pdf
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/gepetugib.pdf
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/82901283652.pdf
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/13300853427.pdf
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/88302364774.pdf
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/nanawilerow.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4f3d4f4d619913e63f89b86e45d8eb8/13175599329.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3d72b1ce2f---88570314258.pdf
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/sarelasozulafup.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716049005b2---miwiralokufejotafi.pdf
    • http://vinhomeshaiphong.net/app/webroot/img/files/binisulukebivebulaba.pdf
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/356d0fe416bedae5d2b566d9130b51bd/72217425251.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c157e6821f9---gexupakudotipexu.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_off0001001f.bin
1d5956f68c14f5ec5133df7e306cff3f27fb2b093528676d9a67595a3ad23913
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1001F 10920 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011940.bin
cea493daa9feb849649dd4e2875bb843f8a1a154b06623ede291189ff3ae0569
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11940 18728 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001489f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1489F 16792 bytes