Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fc52f847c6dd7e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:05:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 64a7c76341416991b7ad34aca048bff9 SHA-1: 4dd88c917e27869ae24286f94a2b3afeb6d02532 SHA-256: 2fc52f847c6dd7e1220558d48224c9813a631447a83a64ca945c04dc3cb319a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely disguised as a lure for free software.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=programma+per+scaricare+giochi+per+android+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://baobianhkhang.com/upload/files/30831666240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdnavb7nmq6sv0uvrqqe5vhc86/rapaleregasojopopegujijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://middletonchambers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34633963323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/43566581972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmode.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/20492540667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repetitorebi.ge/userfiles/files/mobagajewibadoditolazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumusjitu.com/contents/files/79676969951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/31983210993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/65639409350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/zedawipivatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/zeziferolebitefobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/40478004938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puisan.ru/uploads/file/bibivuxefapiluwijosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3e17cfac0f17cf55c9ba664989d24d6/bifijatijeranazelekitegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f874e4f0f9---18745342239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/72375687199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/fiporazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/78930227042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/gapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hippocratio.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodotaxatifimovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/20695543044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/ralulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siliconautomation.com/userfiles/file/bizojujetinewujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manegedebuitenwijck.nl/uploads/file/11574250232.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_off0000d49e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD49E 17396 bytes
SHA-256: c8c9456386c3a271f8d1004c6da00940b0304fa295d9c05efbdcd69a3694d605
font_01_sfnt_off00010232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10232 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A49 10916 bytes
SHA-256: bca3ef3651a467e664950ad8b91d9ae576e1c9c07fed033d2c1ceb1b276d1e2c