Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2c2dc4b3622ba98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 08:51:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d65dd79d2e813d3f65a9fe6b562b80bd SHA-1: e9824eb4b5f09aae3da3215dc85b963ab10360ce SHA-256: c2c2dc4b3622ba982b4676eff2c30e746ceb89e78b81784d531957c48bdc8093
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ryan+phillippe+i+know+what+you+did+last+summer
    • http://vinabomi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sigufudinubekug.pdf
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/jorodifowo.pdf
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/mazefowas.pdf
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139472947fb7---fufofuzemukufatufo.pdf
    • http://www.colormotion.cz/UserFiles/file/59820091337.pdf
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161443e50cffdb---86509591918.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e7943a0cb1---joneliwafowagit.pdf
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/fikigulazupibigatamibaj.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614392708633c---xatodurozuvovibejamixov.pdf
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20210902_160400_1820.pdf
    • http://apnschool.in/singhania/downloads/file/56201060008.pdf
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/80912728923.pdf
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/sebukaneriwolop.pdf
    • https://corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodajufatunumosuremedudi.pdf
    • http://studiomarcheluzzo.it/userfiles/files/86580129453.pdf
    • https://fwstc.in/userfiles/file/96103592405.pdf
    • http://maquinandoysubastando.com/dleyes/admin/fotos/file/21107163608.pdf
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/tejobanilo.pdf
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/bakabuzuvejimitifojudij.pdf
    • https://franciscovalles.comtraining.cl/userfiles/files/39587680575.pdf
    • https://nexapos.com/upload/files/46653682836.pdf
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/38649485071.pdf
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/61580802420.pdf
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/tetij.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_off0000b1a4.bin
b5d13b4e88f38c03a3dbaf956f1caf7e2dd09d6ad89703d6f46a7da64599c73d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1A4 17376 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de0c.bin
8dd60e4176f519e2456551d0c662868228e3878e8b48aa098879d8415571a2cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE0C 11096 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7c8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C8 16792 bytes