Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2ee22fc71fdc52a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 03:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8216b020dddc05095f9fd696303a7fc1 SHA-1: 24287bc30ab99ed42a5e75f5157e9b8e91d3ff7b SHA-256: c2ee22fc71fdc52acebad800607b81f6e194131476b0725f332dc8c3f9696bbc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content, such as a trojan or phishing kit, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/65531929175.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/55627340929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/fuzaluxanofitedere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9e428269954bba6ba6332959b3f001/68194564754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53e7c49a5ecf0fea942f4bf9affb5195/tojeboguvalapibadake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acelybio.com/upload/files/50804131163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/63882736068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137675414cec---46157230703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/sijukeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7af37ed4512159a650541ce81aa6185/53188898990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents/files/dabeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/45678761453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.com/userfiles/file/buwusarezewofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/76676395495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/22877256405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/buxetudefujotibofirara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huynhgiabaohotel.com/uploads/FCK/file/48378193027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgoodluckcrane.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/32533981870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/37769187909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckysurface.itweald.com/uploads/files/6130385f991d2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/fipixanonibetitoxovofoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6a2aac1c6---pijamivavokovofubojuvep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shf0o8jc5c63klm56591d9u02a/vigiboligadofifoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=1111+vpn+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000db7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB7C 10028 bytes
SHA-256: ce6e6aed85b3226e682e4db81179bdde5faf0936b5941d50f69960f5fe9c2783
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109CD 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 122a076e53db87cd4e7f4f818d836b0a066034be3330400e3d3463f794bd84d5