Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2f28a82614b41d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 18:20:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5c13536327930078f14ba31b5bc33ce6 SHA-1: 923ab6151cb0bc2d254a08130a3afef04ba38e3a SHA-256: c2f28a82614b41d1c6fb1d2d0fa74494139724836e7d1c65d6cdc3180fcb14e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous links on compromised sites implies a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rva06k2ksb1ss72sjj8m82ram4/81504629965.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083484e0229f---88943305527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe395d10e0---96758947139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab94fcd9e15---53610041139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58254639532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/871729941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/govaboxazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/gebimelidixukamolefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/kerejazijiraxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/77904140532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1db445d5c3909f56266cf6659b00de77/fimasidabapomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/sewosuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47538020115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be0dff37deaf0a80b16605d7045bc79/90126421292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68c6fb3ebe0ba8cee9c2df949af60f99/80322849468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/81217908132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/15552919327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/kesigejebuxejekelewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc1fghvh247e7t0u30drs9pi16/vuboraloxizebobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/71502661643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c44c726ee092efa74c0b9d6ef0b2639/lanenifipujixefek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/70761547208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/55083548913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54166887238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/47321676129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=tongbu+assistant+3.5.6+license+keyPDF 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_off0000e92c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92C 11252 bytes
SHA-256: e609b004e30322cb92a86bc3f1fb4f30f5758a4cdc83956c2d1817a56be8799b
font_01_sfnt_off000103dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103DC 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 692eb4feed65b5af46c48a0d153ff47f623cf872b41b04c44a64fa17fd2a44aa
font_02_sfnt_off00013164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13164 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1