Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c2ed27bed38d7d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:00:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b30de09b2e25d0cf5ac0dfe9b2b352cd SHA-1: 82970d9d17a92b4a4325dd4f297ed828c01b01b4 SHA-256: 5c2ed27bed38d7d978d0abd02a9f09bb1c37d627665dcaf25fceb998d112afe7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. These links likely lead to further malicious content or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68f1956bf5---79271096877.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210506104656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2e2d3bfd87fa2a4f1bb780638fb0233/59456269249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/72983797979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhodgereunion.com/clients/3/38/38e1f81cb1ac74d12d86c8ba87866b9f/File/rixiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50ae6d567c---kutirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1l2k9uf5sjkl3ugrdbi78770e/gobemenidisixigeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/72606868162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topjobsnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/narisoluzufumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cepatdaftargroup2.com/contents//files/71946977337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/zujanupiraxuwilut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2cv6k4qd6dl5of4epk4ic83o6/suxiruzejelurajuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/wimaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04972f2dd62c7ebcb676d69333fe64a/75573097129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57580e4c65---91642723063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/xodujediwafigudawesupaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607921018f3a1---nupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29s86givraef3e3dsqvf27pa34/mefuxepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/gabuwujimokanobupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9f4ab65ddb962f05f51e240ee515f18/85172358201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/51941106960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/denofekusabipomowegapegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1179379505cf41c9b93420af041d0573/92601663055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/47602042753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a4uhq2escvks1dqeb43dv4po2/zolazigudovuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/66415328531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ec698460f---35099778541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=subtraction+worksheets+borrowing+3+digitsPDF 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_off0000d025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD025 11268 bytes
SHA-256: ec01a515bab656cc2b6320cb4dac4fb5ac1dd4c4a214c8d421ffdbeea217f116
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10281 16944 bytes
SHA-256: cf6eb387e6178df21d3cfe17ef07dbadb28f106cd77f7ce588eb06aae11c06fc