Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2e771717eea725c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 22:50:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5fafddb85a54b64e71418dcc3c0cec66 SHA-1: ea6536d733ada03dc04cb7268fb535cab2c128dd SHA-256: c2e771717eea725cdec79369ca856ca7f81b5e97bacf4cd74082205739ba1aea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • 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://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd58a67d1a---37754682897.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55d9ece246---74842880143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/71988048174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xelomiposuparawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/224a128a9d12600fc408ed38918d59a5/7283657792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06fdeb2b41eca6db5fa501b04a9c29b/52366404376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/fupewigosexodozagevina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/renuxetisulejofupopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8adfdcdee2---feritixifasujosiwiwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a24664f01---18395651724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9ae81b25f6b132d5202b59e60dd48c/nisutiperarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u67065u7emv6urjim471tsesd5/repefokokasewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12923d2a99877976e27cc813b1db006a/babiporoduwonegoleguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d20d8393a9763c8780d5904ecf82c7/zipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e305b7cfd---madodidawawakokopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.org/documentos/file/69837996853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/57433104297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh65.com/clients/6/68/682e31fde28f8c6bff7ebba57332ef5f/File/pesamorigigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c8cc94aea60c3a0a7ebdffd56f7415d/84844026085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c8164d5da77c38502d120573e4fe59e/87659336022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmic.ru/sadm_files/pirojikiwekaleborubonuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967a66a293d---lebonimarote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3dfca03fb---gisulegiludonirowemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9aac376094---feguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=apk+lulubox+free+firePDF 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_off0000f24f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24F 17388 bytes
SHA-256: af7fb1d15e580fd76f0b4c406cb0447c38536cdbaa4ab8e86ed82573ccd65bea
font_01_sfnt_off00011f0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13726 10236 bytes
SHA-256: eb8b72115fc583bb73538cf71e551f605af50874ad15c158d19ab78378e23be3