Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2cb4f60f3110310…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:21:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 65cd176ebcb12469aa2b1658b263a151 SHA-1: 8d1d3f3fea5afb38b2bce9170e33a00a18a65b35 SHA-256: c2cb4f60f31103102ba8855d809c868b6bccadf424a655a8fdbc4f3bca3f91bb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/73457216323.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5d5ac769c92f64ca13d33177c07567f/85923175205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ac5480d3f---22259198057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/25907973957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963935b9b00---35535746544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070386fde111---zoluxifewudujib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/8928030554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.proyecpapel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30900480328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/52336872816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/suwavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/affc48d429d8d7482e4605300867ff54/91273877247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/3161131044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd56d9c701a79a69947b3e019d1033bd/12407544753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/majilisovosogotele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/bafumorinadotemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090947df1b84---16357832480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c687fd0f0b---86802932640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianmosaicnyc.com/userfiles/file/ganujunopetixovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b25361658a---xasagemazorakevimudofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a443dcf2e97---tesugutesavafepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/fewoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvv4o0k7d2nanlnoo5ljt412a2/wurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c0180412b---mixerevewiboriri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=summit+operative+dentistryPDF 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_off0000c5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5C4 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 224330a2e827bd4b36e61bcd3536023aa54b8aaffd88ba1017302957f41281a1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E1 10860 bytes
SHA-256: e2081e2f48c3c2bb8eb67820446e7d244acaeeb08c533356960b8614a2cf4c9f
font_02_sfnt_off00010bfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1