Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c2eb3ec0cee20f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:22:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8f8030d68353e5d75cb5198b10b7361f SHA-1: 1ba4a8c46096f2af74736ebf47e9c5d4d00a3009 SHA-256: 8c2eb3ec0cee20f3ad6873917981cdd37f5f6aa4f3ee8ef0ac44bebda156e028
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=last+man+standing+game PDF link annotation
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c5f00b65f5bbc3d8ce8f5cd44c0338f/zogozemosarefomirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m45c6b54uq16heh3dokfa8aldv/begexedivivijivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop/contents/ritilosejobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3u9lrpqua0i9lu5a799g77gce/rotowelotanokomefeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/timjfe5ku644phjkjv44stem25/lerunozesopufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0eece7a61eb10917537577e56ad636/zaduxoxorurojumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869f6b6f375---kijewemisedopaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/pivuzaxigixedonasaluzunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiqstf9n5hpe2r1lbhogkn80qa/60919329079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e66b95b48---58237558614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8935e3485---mimuvaremojakegef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/94744779010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles//file/17316645499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fea2d5674c0---82622402719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyaspublicschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57915058813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711edb35fc1---48839972619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c68e1181276eeb567f4f10227c67df0/luwagefelarunanamasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents//files/tulubizegovodipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/66316107090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/12539342370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5196becb5---4885902991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/kobojobumoromadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unifor975.ca/userfiles/file/josogegesaruwadatavafuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99c5347cea1f6d9aec41169775e8deef/22295807368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.com/userfiles/files/7731453208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6855e97af---xilagoripujovonudapixej.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_off0000e4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BC 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 87366d90594481487e27696dc0428c97bab7fdb470ab2b54397f12b25eb6a0bb
font_01_sfnt_off00011344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11344 10284 bytes
SHA-256: f62c2d86126207328426269a7ad68c7a4206ca7ee674862fd0265614ece38415
font_02_sfnt_off00012a25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1