Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cfc22f38b85d730…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 01:03:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9029df96d21444fe471290b748e1eca5 SHA-1: b848e781dda154e7af492abc5444802ae444c220 SHA-256: 2cfc22f38b85d7306227d5060e76263a5d18d2ad8e491fccfa8685528fe21bac
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The primary attack pattern involves a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for further exploitation or phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+calories+in+indian+food+list PDF link annotation
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/22378365627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7uh6lvq8an6ib1v0qhqr8kuiav/rawizogiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovojob.com/userfiles/files/begidasewodekene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/904642c55c54d2898709d66770c27a59/7625746589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://74ahs.com/clients/2/2a/2a132ee8da0778863662fd4b1fa251ed/File/68868057235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/5133611624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-06-22/images/files/1187601467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/93605464214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/jozaxavurunemoxesevuwewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105d7f576a5b---43968832883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov90t47k4r9f89jeakgmsnikam/ruzewesamaxaliwipuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9308c83d9e994e7b54b4fcdf639b4310/57270962956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021043014403773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3r092qt7egau1srq9cj8u0teg/51934329780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j-kowalewski.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/tutoxoxulojewegubukuvox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/difevagofuzovexinupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210602/file/16226086488313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavatukidugofejeporaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103d7addbdb8---2269523180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/turetapelilodulebarofa.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_off0000e9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CA 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 875aeaff9f49b20a67cc2baf404eb95c826c850d11927e3fada6536dab22fcb1
font_01_sfnt_off000102c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C8 17456 bytes
SHA-256: b078c1f75339d51fe60bc513983b146268c0284cd174423671e2a32fd7b8417b
font_02_sfnt_off000130b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1