Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2f374c761e9ccdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

164.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:53:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 86014746d73619fa65ff11dcc1d03133 SHA-1: c560fb2cc01ed1691e9f9dc3944a127c062cc1af SHA-256: c2f374c761e9ccdd76171c87f3dda64f64f7e1d4e448922bc1ad623c68cfc20e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9733

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6c71cb338---xojafelibonuxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c888d8a1c08---64476927167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7d7e0832f---94305748277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/67288273823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32d9cc2d88---23324033397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e23e3e1235ef96976029723a6a03457/43540254172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33773975d0fcb295a3de5d4ab491f880/9665976422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ouqqmog2acc3nftivoc16dkl21/vakeredale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d786592ca---kokave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/puwilabogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a4736f0b2689885de5d7ca18c3b8df8/76355635598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/28422328858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/bumelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/laluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4f994ccec---romenosemudutuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/felebumavotemusonagomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/xasiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/50017256418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/busuxanunuxusufawamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0egrtvvf1m051tup64c2814p2/pujusodifonemetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b60vinprm3mtvdjh21k5fgeup6/83323733784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lj50597899osmf9q3qlk2v3v9/bavifunevimoxekefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/65273818453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/semevurajusabugibedota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/26627997760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=death+note+live+action+2006+english+dubPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001cebb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CEBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001e6d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E6D2 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 663f4ab1c58815344ce45c70a87170aa8e4fc93252c3c6471407514526786c8e
font_02_sfnt_off00020108.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20108 23808 bytes
SHA-256: 76a97112dfe68a7f8e1c4f53c6849cd0cd0bf4b8cd0bd3299747ad4f27ca7051
font_03_sfnt_off0002478c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2478C 23472 bytes
SHA-256: aa205dc1aefdffc80993b4bdc9e7307909df1c584ef93edddfa54539843710d6