Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2b31b6be2faafba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:26:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d365e36234e8ceeda2cf4f0c2aaa11f4 SHA-1: a9351686d9b6558f887eb174d18b150f23ce3f06 SHA-256: c2b31b6be2faafba67e2c3c53e1cd711d46fca1290d0f7ca7273813c83193553
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, likely to host or distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dk038nscec9t4fh5srt723jsqs/47069101599.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zbmbudomont.pl/userfiles/file/jufajobinawipagoxegisuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventclub.pl/userfiles/file/66000372929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926cfd7cb6e---sololanasirigepamuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lg7j24ude9mhcpfi8m4o56bq85/wawevusemuvonexijigawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqq7t105dqbl31k7jkp0kqii4a/14043083742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guinyardfamilyreunion.com/clients/62985/File/wefitarifunekorofejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/xupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3141e7822c84f369d1f517dbd8be308/gajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m06j79ccrnft335ma32nqhc1ah/galodalixevujiwopunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed49850fede---46894314311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.net/E/file/25355899385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/37504387336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0622f3563284736cbe91ab1fabb5708c/vumudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/neroxikududozekaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/likamefoporezijejogawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/jirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/10458829071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbaytag.com/resimler/files/31695067777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/mesilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm0vk2cm0kqhn8acti98ar3tt8/69120101369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5cedaf65b---zuseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d5nhs2h8hej097fri40vfvon0/84479716043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cca1eb614476c939672043dfd803371/47863019977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/foxopib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=swami+muktananda+libros+pdfPDF 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_off0000d9b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C5 18036 bytes
SHA-256: c4847c2fcbb579ae2493df90ad1923fd393bddec484443fb28a3f05bbaaf61e0
font_02_sfnt_off000120e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E1 11020 bytes
SHA-256: a94afcbe6ce9e80f303fe08fdcdd8261fef7bbd781ba98561d19842c8ba5a0fa