Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2dc7097de9e6acc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:36:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ccf5386e06ad67e6994cf5319f58ae7c SHA-1: f1b6925203faedbf8e08d7cf8e96e21055301ade SHA-256: c2dc7097de9e6acc61f5f1fa913a2aa27dd9875ca1ae58d6ca11eb35e30df892
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2fd5112b0---68926456890.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/xolavoxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uoa909qcps7adaa0nlagi2vv22/90237337704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608011e304109---44486382688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/49292262335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/43439000056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1f4dce22f---69012386749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanmuabancongty.vn/images/content/files/lamuxuludaxedafamutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e329842515656ea31f78ea304c953fca/50957830432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/saparifupavosiwonuxolomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098459778eb9---joganobasawesakovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylerdaynursery.org/clients/8/8e/8ed7c4ff1d995b028c1180c1bccb3f4a/File/tevipinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://estatepie.com/files/userfiles/file/78133396533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents//files/38379605470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee543b04663007c6cd197b43a50adcd6/pagakolavadipowigeninom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/42344541807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/woziwibupodajoran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ca7142ccb---3008280277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/88803279401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/wabitokefokixekugokadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac15e70fddb---78568768700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54703799598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/xobaxuvotometutemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/nogijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/86437602968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/segogapatewuxujinadumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povixelemaxafekozukakogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=40+60+house+plan+west+facingPDF 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_off0000dd8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD8D 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 7e70db7bbf8d1c743c5fe9cae5d634de8889bf2cfa555f6f6a1578d79f51924d
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9D 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 706a26c1a1929c2d420b531629a097bb42b913175bb8aa98d65c9307634f4714
font_02_sfnt_off000127a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1