Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2ac822acc085806…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-24 07:42:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4a898196dcac072504a9a5552a9c920c SHA-1: 92885df86dd9ba6bfb4058910d42494557912b73 SHA-256: c2ac822acc08580684060c4801aa624037e6ee978d58031adcbdf2dc2d8b4a60
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=career+chart+after+12th+commerce+pdf
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610411be5f060---65166300889.pdf
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/sokovofofupir.pdf
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-9/20210809145812440320.pdf
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/89393714097.pdf
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/46096238889.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/83736076484.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaf4a006a3---xozusoxefamiribavux.pdf
    • http://foodchemsino.com/d/files/7556601378.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c73d23a323---94171735359.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b61c1cfb2---dejariluw.pdf
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/1150214886.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79838421c440c16265d5ae2f8df386d7/zimagesovixawofobuzufu.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e211bc37d---dupenolukuk.pdf
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/fularomipepuporikaw.pdf
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/maxafawuku.pdf
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18a2fc322aa9fc842ab5f4c94985ea58/6614564847.pdf
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/wojemaveposemazupebamusem.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb89670017a---pidizasepamisomofupupox.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7r94a1aslv4n6paalfdd0j1sgr/79484714456.pdf
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47623901825.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89e387a35c---68164125004.pdf
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/64737134713.pdf
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/wufatunowotisizobeter.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3ec.bin
e9e0b1e3ebab097200af3309b9d6a393b4dba9c2f2e3a5b2975ff217d604e286
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3EC 16932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011fec.bin
8d86c09d75cd07583922617751367ad94231eaf3a721dd8f0dc883a01dda98cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FEC 10680 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013886.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13886 16792 bytes