Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e80ce2dff92027c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 22:43:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 695dd675295a809580320d3db1d8b937 SHA-1: cbf362dde4162e422ab16de7c50781163c7c85ff SHA-256: 2e80ce2dff92027c39be150f3a8524e62309994ded8ca468036d71fd12beb93d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious or compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/zopelewopado.pdf
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/lodobesedekowotevorasimo.pdf
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/5793576750.pdf
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/jasevugizosifukotofibuti.pdf
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607794ae52826---sisubixe.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/xirozedudulotaw.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a035a6706f7---16270660241.pdf
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/jesegaxavagokavixun.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bbaa41180---88862304307.pdf
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/6834178034.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3d38d7e298a271418e525a2ac654156/61459389267.pdf
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece3efdd057da77623a74e794f073e3d/82204546920.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728966b79d0---zivip.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11349b11090d397351afda616ed85d84/11660975875.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968a15a4804---fapokopabevav.pdf
    • http://wearebryants.com/clients/3/3b/3bb22ab34fb8fe691aabc4d0498f9caa/File/16712887618.pdf
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba474d9fe015a3d55cfad3c321464ce7/9297873662.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7iic5fmg6grah8ldg6dasqcrs3/4021034116.pdf
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/vekumutu.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkphutrdn32e5kdopq7i56j996/74971355681.pdf
    • https://giorgiosantinelli.it/file/puniti.pdf
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7dc46175d---lusofasolujadakizekulorol.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983ff56818d---judovadusifatevuxizut.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=web+spiders+and+crawlers+are+examples+of
    • 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_off0000eca7.bin
57ee37947f590becb96db5672d018fd9dc46e4c0df17251d199909f37809bdaf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA7 16860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001187d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013094.bin
819d0e0bb5d5b7616e5f5be946107968bf96ad4a243a55d1e5fbb1037cb56a01
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13094 11004 bytes