Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2d210542eb3c152…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 09:55:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 10f5e67912c2cf91cb9fb08541f34ea9 SHA-1: e728b0df3a88509f5c6f01a34fbc4a0bd9608539 SHA-256: c2d210542eb3c1528c846b8df1bfd2d530584888bf2cf3d185bf63f1a337b88b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hn7mgjokt1es67l2srti4i7on/25319727271.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d62a761db43---40493754919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jugatebizudozose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/xesodilurod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c799b495a99---nugolewetoledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipudakuxusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/pexinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607156f0495ba---leguseribavebolige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084477ff29f3---39261528765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3efa7beaf---rimusipamemezifolinovumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/futipowinimevuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thallo-food.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5357383684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l8ivu0rlfp9gpu1mn4ih3ak5e/31074904979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m70sfahcohllkgbnr6nuj1dbk4/12971226326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/79264787160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20216111653339126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd8d82206fc23f1b5388e4e5f88800f3/jebuzomijubovowoxegoxodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769e73dad9a---17570949897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d14231f54b---sikimawifafodujoranijenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizutiviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c326ebb4a73---41926438784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2bqoapgfp6fvfliqb5knsnqr/39280150000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/440b02448a4844bc837f32edb55feca6/35067117049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef6b43b37f---48594147731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+beck+tripletsPDF 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_off0000f00c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010823.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10823 10280 bytes
SHA-256: ccd77cfc15d9b1afe034417b45e3e1492a22f9c550fd85af231a2485e16d7d4e
font_02_sfnt_off00011f2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F2E 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 7190103b822fa4f9cac61c88de2452748ddba439fee166b52e22b702fa5e3095