Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2150d8a60517090…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 17:13:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 790be5b7f18d15c9a2d75f189e265452 SHA-1: 0014415e4444c4fbd7631d37d168bab9eafd4332 SHA-256: c2150d8a605170908477a98c2d4741843e26025b7bed87efe138b42d153759a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=history+of+liberalism PDF link annotation
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12c6048de9---34232325079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1384dbcfb07a1623136c3f51c9f4f01/zojubeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edfb2f933ec61b301c4f5268e6e8e4cd/87233142329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c87d520e1---veruxonizupobavuzudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowndes85.com/clients/d/d3/d39312ffd46aa2fbcc4e4de04d96a17f/File/nopukuvejemonipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce10ffb04f74cadef8c901ee50cf990/59984209592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/jekonobirotofaxavavuliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/venapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ba306557064513b64de347124c47a1/kanojito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ce17d37003289f44396d6b05d16b973/nidifelukufiwikewepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf08ab457ac0716633e213a9fc25432/jizejesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608251a45e43a---56437887399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/gopojugamufedevusotigufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljhqepffkathomd39c3plrr5s2/maliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/jexinubeparux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c827b81700de04eb751a4d5592710f24/rebotusozijonaxusuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a23ef84ff5361d60d5c2ed71375e9629/mirotoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gowalunelabajameziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d3daeacaf---sobisoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhs76reunion.com/clients/0/00/009202203981f132fd14d012a57c0fe5/File/xanelikadujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ba625e7ef---32931790980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/76708296385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96fe89fd6---75959581564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pulqqhmjeg5oq74j5avj087cn/rosimetaji.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_off0000f9cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E4 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 743e73eecf59673e1fe483981d95f0995ccb49fafd6954fbc2ef36f61949dab9
font_02_sfnt_off000129e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E4 17012 bytes
SHA-256: ddab60d382b63944469ccc0863718eb79598defe0277af797711f825cdfab772