Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2a1742004b01153…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.2 KB Created: 2021-08-05 23:43:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 0d0b0c96089e0fef2b114edbdfb5a8b1 SHA-1: 75a66522abdf935b49073a8b1638257ddd5ef191 SHA-256: c2a1742004b0115353685fa488cfaf1bb86633b9e86377248df90bf0c1189342
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF's structure and embedded URLs indicate it is likely used as a lure to direct users to malicious websites, potentially for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dioses+y+heroes+de+la+mitologia+griega+libro+completo PDF link annotation
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/19562129798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f21ec2e176a89eb6bfc622b032beb11/28507507650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/16750109610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/50116137975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/31659849664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4855973065c2da0cc2b0bef5adc686/nevatosaxupala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/26838737575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/98206067868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guinyardfamilyreunion.com/clients/62985/File/78988926641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nskktant8pbsk7gk633gre62ne/48174757196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifimarkt.eu/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuvewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca40d8ee69---kuganajukafazisuresu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iraneto.com/basefile/iranetocom/files/80086330493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhuob0m12bd2p0k708srrpelq3/54147541671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9198d39329---pigodalulusux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/53819237908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///kosubajebegosodalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/azwvD1xsRgvp2CIy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/66298917547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/madabeweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alula.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a538441ad3202f1484831cdafb32cb/57776127550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080308ac2f1c---jemefuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/3321485489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/buzofonijugepexarelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947831c943c---56125833569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df4cc6a418b---lobidipagirupedigo.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_off000119b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B2 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 97a1b8c56902a4875fb8c7af74ccd255e18af1ae534cac6a5d86ac95aef1db54
font_01_sfnt_off0001333e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1333E 19972 bytes
SHA-256: c972f157ff54a9166fe14d8a0b23fa0d8adf5b7975149a111b6cc5b972bb59fc
font_02_sfnt_off0001661c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1661C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1