Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2201aafedd93809…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:52:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: af21b25bcb33b5dead66bee5b0a951d4 SHA-1: e03c821af3f1a8cb90361f212eef22bf6b00b8ce SHA-256: c2201aafedd93809034dfb05a0caddc3719268205ed046901bdb4a890dc8ae0a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs likely serve as redirects to a malicious payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 69 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=printable+math+worksheets+translation PDF link annotation
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c7edc2e92f---xedubomikudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baocaosuhoatoc.com/luutru/files/98500526545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/37413950138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hennel.hu/sources/elemek/file/pejawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/73748407393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38e634c9e02108c0b847f35b1f1be7d6/fifofakesexinezukewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/gususatatawamilagokaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/jasizoxesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winterwonderlandzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/92767279904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce5c01b694---rubumuvalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/33178382423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a6d5163b3---gimewiwigudelumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gf4ronv5kcj3grl3hdtq470lui/17992667889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f00213411d0---75718427700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/53c8c769c8e25fa1ed8360e1abca2ac7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610febfc06a36---bodojepatinanunibobuxura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/83165178038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mklthrtskr0bb6358vn59tsddd/1197761618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxadv.net/file/93111518921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijahlaurabishopblack.com/clients/b/be/bed082b287f5bb70db4763ab929fc18a/File/14761680876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29da5d39fb---bepopotumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/55449220793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/24803093143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqqh8663cmt81guj4h0gu1pgi3/lirusopi.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_off0000b564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB564 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD7B 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 6807a5ce26a6fc9423697db8fc6164d805ac8552cfb96ec98caec1412bbfe532
font_02_sfnt_off0000e5db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DB 14364 bytes
SHA-256: d11e1f0356e6590c7c14cbaab146d67a0fa709a31927f1dc0682a26c5684d0aa