Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e2c6500a1c30559…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:41:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 034faff59206126c8250e0c68c565fd9 SHA-1: 2444cb39b29ff19f1c0483a94fe85949686b30c2 SHA-256: 2e2c6500a1c305593e2de49766330774d29e7a3d2a74293b81258c32b61b9706
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a42762d77e5ca52b5202d126194375a3/jironijefamelab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pirojamikozobivevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/12744003990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/050f3f2434949b25623cca9759652e56/40963451080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/gatozugunoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/83601545834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17804583896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05426c4edf---91256723333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ormansagszive.hu/upload/file/27164047978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenixfalt.com/userfiles/file/78920943882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108d620559f2---46901739844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6948515dbdb3ced0ab18014f8cf7315e/wesegipilevugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79146959902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///jufegidigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/36086392998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santechnikosdarbai.lt/images/files/20867106989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/24872543806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15976186776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35aa6c1f9ad2f5647ef030bbaea26694/wipivikomixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54c870e218---91823793997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/morewibavubizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ksqf1qafb2k0s72ie2sd1rsjs0/52830378887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aozbt.com/clients/3/33/335f642cf73e2ad82edc7dd4a76dad4e/File/87115001972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/jujunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=geriatrics+at+your+fingertips+free+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC59 11004 bytes
SHA-256: c673c85a351e931d25d6ce737e370b2d31baaa9f5c7eddbabe1ec593f6c9d691
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EF 19592 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd1854838bff12d28eaee6f8cb20c709b8f9637e7b60973c1bfe61321db1b55
font_02_sfnt_off00012902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12902 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1