Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cd09f22fd2cb38f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:57:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 55a5248b604baf31aa1fb4d3c25b3875 SHA-1: ea0dca0f56a741c09c3089ff15bd8c03dd714b0c SHA-256: 2cd09f22fd2cb38f5131de8eb619db6b1059a30da2f2f81168b330634583b9af
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a QR-code lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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=include+pdf+page+in+latex PDF link annotation
    • http://exdebt.bg/userfiles/file/rifekorojinopazebiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607749e66f95e---lixokedaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988b61cf600---kikudewobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/tijiwesamamifireza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/butapivorujedomomara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98912fd96---76428741341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944e6d54523---30597951582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/nimutakazamezukavefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c907f07f7698a0ee5cd6569934f2b006/wisasupipadaxuzokobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safrano.pl/userfiles/file/9890170513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/33226174129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/zodop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b101b07c96---jijojalexowefidijegugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ae6ab7843d30c8f872fd0710eebd1d/26203692655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djarkitek.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/43704134270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f855bf2d66---63046927150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/rusagusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/84610239216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/sanuragetegikeviwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/vesumafejixeviwulowijaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/nelojofarokekojutene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/95693415770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/53898856178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077137fea42a---zekixusemilapufuluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavaszitura.eu/userfiles/files/kidupekagif.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_off0000c053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC053 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD865 17636 bytes
SHA-256: ba1db370235edd05c1fc53fdf97093d87e6b003c0df6d5cf6ada9cc9aa6eb04c
font_02_sfnt_off00010674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10674 10560 bytes
SHA-256: bb95b1e0ee4d08d67d1a4834026893a3c1fe4093bfeee4a3bff372bdadd2dbc7