Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2aa1e738298b8f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.3 KB Created: 2021-09-28 05:31:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 02cc13f6a7058755678b38ee0bc1ac9b SHA-1: 8fda294c092299fda15dc9145c55cbbeb1183c22 SHA-256: c2aa1e738298b8f59a1f2c5d13e607aec864ba8601bd3d29e4e92cf281ed986e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics indicate it's an image-only document designed to trick users into clicking.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 67 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+reminder+app+like+iphone PDF link annotation
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekabedidajejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tungalag.mn/userfiles/files/waledolibarozixotifipiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/19015463372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/76342914169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/35039953697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belovosushi.ru/files/sexurox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmart-express.com/demo/uploadpic/file/muwifobepeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c9621277d---pafifodelurenagurinine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodlander.sk/grafika/file/82338258070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6610461423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/jazovulajatelupipadivobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131783a1de2d---mumupekirafizopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtreurope.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35421332090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/boredivewozosuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202109080745377293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109231103005341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/jegoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c5ffde34f---varorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-hk.com/files/file/76100775091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/9536313973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsclinicwest.ie/media/contents/file/69502678385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/bomuvaloguzagir.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_off0000ac37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC37 13908 bytes
SHA-256: ada3c6dabff41d19700d2ecede3bd87307d7192613f33bb1670aea2c9a414dcf
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6AA 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 444f79f5f259cb4f44de695ceeff37215aea8ff07097b303b059b12679700754

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