Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2894c3d5c8bb749…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 04:21:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5929f2d50fafefc95af144c33a024b4f SHA-1: 67bd00b1a874ef2f9b8895aab8bcad9d350248f0 SHA-256: c2894c3d5c8bb7494f8412a3d252d1e0b87d283b2892f4907beed37e1ab0f1a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine rankings or to lure users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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 http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7taobc01o8q0h8bcuhgqvc52o5/pefukazafol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6519c26c85---61499096057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuc-fac.com/uploadfiles/20210715173119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/berufagafazefefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b750177013---8294945562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cs9n7jkn6te6ka6284nl8dr1hs/rikalarakesunoxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/86251459859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/59499957043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/legurinopasur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h079eki3m33vmrt7elufpflmj1/wujoziwigometitokokonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7e8b51597---zosukabopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c10247c8604384e2f20a6aa40cf6432/76851751538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d97a1672fb2c8526e3db9c5da7416e5f/velujosepoziwawojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb602087d10---pumoxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089532fb133f---riwusovebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51abedb25b---tizoxotamegubuwusifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/6753186791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e333b9886c---wulipuruvafixalumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2d151ubpvnk1ng70f25o1detf/tulinegufibavejuvemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1438597c3c---76261318043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d073c8b5e---namazovube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/rokodazuwolagomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3e9cc7c57---83417776530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210703231011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/5018076181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=tardies+and+absencesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000bccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCCC 16328 bytes
SHA-256: f81c32ef6b8b65261ea8266496223046e5c8cf0f98ded5cf3b15676ab8db5612
font_01_sfnt_off0000e738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE738 10204 bytes
SHA-256: 9fe88de09fc371c7ec83bc5d56d6a3eae5044e73be956ada8e9470e41f062d3d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1