Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d2cf608da584b48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-08-30 03:13:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 541e4f589bca25d7c559ad48584fb96c SHA-1: 76c43753fa7bfebb077a3b288c55d2ebed9a89d9 SHA-256: 2d2cf608da584b48cba6282059d05ba4754c3954d830ef138624d6e87c1259a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm patterns suggests the primary goal is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arterial+circulation+of+the+heart
    • http://yogasol.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35254563784.pdf
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb9d33fa56b03309be597e14c24a5053/30845919314.pdf
    • http://murzilka.biz/images/uploads/file/58601216696.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/lenanubadowisiv.pdf
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/58755563759.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdc13774ad---6180499452.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f40306a548a4a4c850db0e0244deda04/tojujivotemoz.pdf
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/75848196089.pdf
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/80386206653.pdf
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/94124104913.pdf
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75c4524cfae615668bb6c202210437dd/41154303043.pdf
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/48897617319.pdf
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/377717395.pdf
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6535ae0e8b047f907c3a4ebb0c0e13/21647392299.pdf
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52fd8e0e0ecbe3fca4645cfe9b07c2b6/pofasevok.pdf
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/ruzizuguxidemegigepu.pdf
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/3654069612.pdf
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/jinufukiku.pdf
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89455166964.pdf
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/27291215964.pdf
    • https://livbiopharma.com/userfiles/file/vewotopase.pdf
    • http://servicedental.it/userfiles/files/rimepisanezo.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_off0000ce73.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE73 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e685.bin
bee91792078a6902c55bf7eb391fa3ae49d82d57451a640758a2043801b75951
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE685 16392 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001109f.bin
0bf58807727d6d619bdcd4fcac5038b35325941ff336d7e7008c32326aaa5876
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1109F 10344 bytes