Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2c06ffbfb85f32d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 21:55:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f22098a21254b05b6ea725c9bb609619 SHA-1: 2d88fc4a000964349c5783d3151d9fcfb2581b84 SHA-256: a2c06ffbfb85f32de74ab9feb94a9c60637a26c14698a5cb6ef91308c22f18b3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The PDF_IMAGE_LURE heuristic indicates it likely uses a screenshot to obscure a clickable link, aiming to deceive users into visiting these external sites, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hacker%27s+keyboard+download PDF link annotation
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c6015bf58b5e4dba6cf31c072b4d9c6/vokumisanivafibudifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210909092743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/fukowuwesefezemesabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/72179160415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7cd6bee12---93514063986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/vetalitasiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/30334147201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/paxuzemenuxevodisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/tusiwetivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131192727eda---23403095594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaccugiare24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bimexakujamaratoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38566785197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notar-frings.de/userfiles/file/zodinubaxibulapamulodun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zakopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/lelexogaredazamolojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31711671641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayphotocopydogia.com/upload/files/lexogabexaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ominocoibaffi.it/userfiles/files/52537905217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradefze.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxikomazitokuminudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chengzechem.com/upload/files/16283135132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/zozaniduximerobazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/20257946787.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_off0000ae2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE2F 14188 bytes
SHA-256: 6f8e64b4a1ce480a5eaa38d4f8dda0cbbdb5ad72cbc37fd96992b43385101202
font_01_sfnt_off0000d18f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD18F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A6 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 7ea784b338c467fdca9960e5b1e825e91f0ea5568cbac540f606d76e335f5e39