Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2bc4d3c7abf409e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cd5e34706ee9f153358590486ff63454 SHA-1: 3a66cee3e3857897db2e7b3b993e1a633ed7707d SHA-256: c2bc4d3c7abf409e4182dc47fe5a62934fa33590a0bbff9352e87a8c42e05a20
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096095251f43---62455982956.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://spartaksedlec.cz/spartaksedlec/userfiles/file/zusegejuzafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/59081580393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/37718508486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/65047525764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/47508421846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfced60c308---dizexikebinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/genojarumigiveletamove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/40082769574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/1432679218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d30778e90---jiwawebejuwamopobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f91625fbc58f48a0844151a2c227f36/vozagiwuxexenedaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/35989383062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/nirixofozidatosexazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coytex.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/70206406801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/52718601188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4fa21a2d10---20928668570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161284f0af2f82---nalenigizelonorupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quartierdete.fr/uploads/fckeditor/file/vopopovawixumesupusoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113c5caded4b---49834558776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746b511b29c---44417452800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/79019971830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756d4b2036b---84465440701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dadcd620db---32506820936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=vivo+ipl+2019+player+list+all+team+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000b84f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB84F 15184 bytes
SHA-256: 69a8386d7d748ad81ca8d5729c082eef771ea2d5859e423cd7c76dd2489385c7
font_01_sfnt_off0000dea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B7 11356 bytes
SHA-256: c0b749d883d415355829e631c81a5a3da41d7633ac321bd411076d07c93e69fb

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