Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2ce1cd82dbe0dc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-31 08:25:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0ae2646adb4be4010b04e62d71d5312d SHA-1: cd846ed393c5fe941d082af96e59ad1ba20ebfa6 SHA-256: c2ce1cd82dbe0dc91e9cf88b7449b23fd688d1f338dd0cc4fe75534c8805398f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. These links are designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, as indicated by the 'utorrent download for pc' UTM parameter in one of the URLs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=utorrent+download+for+pc
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1516ca259a---telofumidubexupinijan.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dbad9271f---ladixakapubi.pdf
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/12192979181.pdf
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/xozefilasotu.pdf
    • https://tnmkor.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210730_8F6653B24907C4D5.pdf
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/noluwiritekifirore.pdf
    • http://hifi-markt.info/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5196226275.pdf
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81658304259.pdf
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duduvozifosi.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095be8de9639---99247940685.pdf
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/sinojufuvafawokiva.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d3078248ff42d4f3d00794bd7f7a880/kalexenisu.pdf
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4baaede618957c4fe435e38db5456aac/pezepur.pdf
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/pumivirivenoxob.pdf
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/figazesokiduw.pdf
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/mijunododetezufidixak.pdf
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqqak5jrbrv42iovtqrdo4ukdh/76141699508.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b895a9f6b---luvumi.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/20275490303.pdf
    • http://ipmarketing.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/disarusirujasules.pdf
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/worupubemu.pdf
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/44853751791.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_off0000db1d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB1D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f32f.bin
2ae6c96f6314f5235dc6a990844ffad9f113ca4b6f130ddd9cbfbff102030923
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32F 19112 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124cc.bin
9dcbb0143fea23fd8b76a53a65124def530f77905183fc0a2c33236898c63035
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124CC 10444 bytes