Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2d86f47b42281ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

623.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:09:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 89191a7259b819ac07ec90ed5923c777 SHA-1: d6b35f159579f6a2b11162ddaff24e725d52fa68 SHA-256: c2d86f47b42281fffae767e6c48a8633f8449be874d19cd5a11a2b16efb1e0ce
206 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristics indicating malicious intent, including random URL links and links to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. The embedded URLs likely serve as lures for users to download further malicious content or visit phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7467

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.
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed0dadee39---50951076209.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/nejexumefalaxejegatasomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f04dea259b---fisamekekejejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701ebec205f---43141552346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088017ca87f6---lafedotulitadabesagiwete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e710a107410d3e00942547bfdd5a8597/61884334304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6bc2p4adaaafmsoupd67vr133/fagimabusigekipoturom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-29/20210629005422456730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eb5e99d53---ditavevorofapujumafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab91f02619c---50586208551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/gusofudovowedabagudumuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/64696945745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/sizotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/sefumugisikapulorovukumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d146123ea---rokune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce5c114925---31207497428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/259730b63c57c55184ac29c472b46e93/73623155354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/76796968000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e17c9cda483a660c7e1a66a107106192/64192602034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/35771929613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbe4187b60d---nozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ruthie+paper+townsPDF link annotation
    • http://janyska.home.pl/_mjanyska2013/fotki/file/zunegamimokunaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0009478d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9478D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00095fa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x95FA4 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 5813cc097d51dad3cda09763bf37e08ae45970e58ee3294b6a0fc178eca85a87
font_02_sfnt_off000977ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x977AC 19932 bytes
SHA-256: 4bd1e3516646550550d3bd6d8c1402ab3d80dc18c5213bdbfebaf6c60ebbc42d