Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2a967b70dce77a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 18:15:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 90ceda94748f89bf32369ad59de3ea61 SHA-1: 22d585c5d45407fbc3b41cded6593f73c3124d51 SHA-256: c2a967b70dce77a3d421799f66617fe0184a4a37a43260ce04075e8c6051c104
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p6099fhlh44ivlcv4hu1571is/90777215974.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/gokakidenap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sctiec.com/up_files/FCK/file/waboxifexebamataja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h17unnnhjejgco5vd8f652ef5/wuxomebukadape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rpsbchamber.org/editorData/file/sifigituvuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/868c88613084d1cfd7bf8fb129952cc1/dubuxomirejofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02a1e319937a9f0dc189d44cdc6bf3a4/nutefabaserajofijigawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/46877985459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/rabatasulokila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozolutuxaxafadigona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prakashirrigation.com/uploads/fck/files/mujorupuvuzesofowumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39df2ace195190a3befd474fd4d319d9/miduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalimati.in/userfiles/file/17855961152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f51c1588565418b75a9d5d6537f0dc4/84687194754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciapenil.es/userfiles/files/bizogirugopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olamare.com/img/uploaded/file/65107799734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/gafizetesiwobul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393cf95b1ec---fukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saptabangunmanunggal.com/indomobils/upload/file/89107424809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/tizisagezoxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/96916563516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133413531cc4---xodatatevegulab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/4277875278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=where+can+i+get+my+android+phone+fixedPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fecbbd2c3---texawo.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_off0000ecfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10514 11060 bytes
SHA-256: c67ca34aa7056fcd08dfe74d69928a0df0590c16615609eb1cb8d9310243c2f3
font_02_sfnt_off00011e7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7E 18304 bytes
SHA-256: 9393b52cc28b81d99c76b8eeb1517b86111f5eb90dc54fd588ead689b96c92b6