Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2dd96d86e6d7bfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:19:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8dfb0186eee8b0cc6b061e279dc6d27a SHA-1: aabc59ce272d6f9bb0a3027319ed0b52575b6c45 SHA-256: c2dd96d86e6d7bfb0c5505e8706d595377fe1c3755634cc42fcc16a9edde620d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The file contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the conclusion that the document is designed to trick users into downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/65937396309.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8f08a8100---nenizibevupoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988036889fd---83400343313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/visif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labotinnghia.com/img/files/tusupevibusotopakorubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26410327267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucontecnologia.com/userfiles/files/vedipareripafugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161217d4391eb7---84084534304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e75e7a2d4239bccdcf2b9e0b015202/74038051630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210708164821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzunewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/xutibowupisofiviton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://someteme.com/archivos/_20210620103834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc4629658d---79697077708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/wodepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/momufejuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/semizagavodutegipikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ffe8d6db0---98744137888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/kutunodelojuziwijin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760d2d0e09c---21613894817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/fofoxigakuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zixip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79c12648f3911a43fc620bb30133d7b8/54555075938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+in+japanese+pdfPDF 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_off0000c835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC835 10652 bytes
SHA-256: a88c97b42af5cae93a513c1bfff89e02d3becf6ce9b4d8e3965238eafef72bd3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0AB 20088 bytes
SHA-256: 4ce317a61338a9bec7f133618d2c1e501479a2ee1c4e643f82f2db1f3325b1b9
font_02_sfnt_off0001156c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1156C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1