Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2c899eabbdbef14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6b36b1714cf0f4b80ff2ff109587759a SHA-1: 9009c75997c9b9cb20971af0a21b884051612c14 SHA-256: c2c899eabbdbef1462dcbbdb816012374d37b96490f397f344dc63700f8c8c43
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised upload links and SEO-focused disposable domains points to a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/manesilopi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/3446034437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a62834c015---45194608408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0vvevc334tg6cq6fb2gik0a33/2432064651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6965b4509f---12842718984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081123341301---pireferavuvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82cfa12703d3982c5476a59dbdc49484/sanuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b853dfdec66---1570593115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/556ff0b807a7cc81b651712f78424ba8/93300763239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abfa4a8a42f9c95f50e850d8ae831722/77196464266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/93726129551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/93110833855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finpacecuador.com/userfiles/file/29279610113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/26605523360cde265cd402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e55412013---97179527528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98e05677f3---pusagerape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/wegedexavojeturatefevidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b7bc15c90cf2a4691290b86634bad6/zezuwometo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb9a369d43---sajamilelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e9d060cb0---62370903242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2cb03af31---80561726788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/katosowupitogib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/depuxuwamirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=imagine+how+creativity+works+pdf+free+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_off00012a85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A85 11376 bytes
SHA-256: 83140611063b4ab0b9d35cb26fb42d780e041a5c43a2727bba7f2f7df411d990
font_01_sfnt_off00014500.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14500 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015d12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D12 17576 bytes
SHA-256: cfcae1ec549f76b6e3df76a8cad9abc98847e8939ac86e4ea2d3cbc033701116