Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2472864bf37ccc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:20:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bffe707b8b66bf0e7cfb3e5465a03522 SHA-1: e59e39e6273d2dd300ea983fa3ee8d66c01c8de9 SHA-256: c2472864bf37ccc91633e99fa4ea40d17b1050a79ba6f8936c0b4bea4664229d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, serving as a primary mechanism for the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=abraham+as+far+as+you+can+see PDF link annotation
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70706469125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607121c389cd7---31001947148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/sawepavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoon-source-harmonie.fr/public/file/lagidusoriviwivava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/linajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c819a8c507ce0cf0535099b6979395/70732181732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814c15170a5---zoxavokakinetimivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d32c049c80---romulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae825530c4299297c429213583299d5/197017497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/togulupawatovokajinakaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/vutemojoruwukosigonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/38957729261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/boleveraruwosuzutefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupipepaxuxofenavexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/feduxosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee4fa7b8453---zifiwewuxawujasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/dizutapoduxejavenavifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakojopojewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210724235937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/belukexelele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpn1971.org/clients/a/a2/a25689677492d603657f1241a2a69ea8/File/95799526283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/fajegubuzikefova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd680bcf53---55266081380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/11211879164.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://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_off0000d765.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD765 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 4f505a4a5ba577c083672d5598b059d0b1c938dac46ddf55e5d89ea4e97e18c5
font_01_sfnt_off000103b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B7 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef0cdf5ff9ad2369038cfabe4b9cb24f14f954a4d69e060b3b3d405de4c0025
font_02_sfnt_off00011c2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1