Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cc80a76ca4e8751…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:02:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7a95ee1c0e5d4d35c67cf8df26a498e1 SHA-1: d2cc3e2e83f879d51856a34777ec681d34a5e64a SHA-256: 2cc80a76ca4e875192d825bd79f26b6108f231199cf20a8508d4e61731ef560f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic indicate an attempt to exploit users via malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://bczenekar.hu/files/file/62490062848.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c37453b0229174038b8a636779039245/dazinakewodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa637286436---77286683603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/jedamemezutupogaxatulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f5a7028169ad62fc1221645dd543e6/wozifokodiwidokonekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844bfa8b405---letugelabalepafunagaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/gulidegikuvejamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pp2kirgctb45s9htbv4bmpu887/pakozemijelaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/51923154127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/mabegetaxolerokolumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2d153d7e0---zamibomupenoromujekawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847503b2d1c---lixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7478475e7---zapiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcced884994---dorugowusexobesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/67869776773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9r02su5s8qspmgmbqs27h1fi5/fifowotesidukojujevutawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9941e58ee5d22ff1caf4ff3d1280309a/78219441698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75839555724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/76211965087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c67642fbc---pogodubesogekivuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/sibemilafuxagelowovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/wixidesuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=lampoon%27s+christmas+vacation+soundtrackPDF 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_off0000f01b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01B 18232 bytes
SHA-256: fcf832e556df43147241293d75929a7161ebae822988044a48e0b62f5098fc33
font_01_sfnt_off0001201c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1201C 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 992d17bb7a36bfa1dfe6645fbe7864b7f243d43db4555f1f6281e2051825d03d
font_02_sfnt_off00013910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13910 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1