Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2f4f74ece55223d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 01:07:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aecca7620a030741cff5d1dd87795118 SHA-1: 3150c25f8e26b7e81f4cfc91634edc17a443b44c SHA-256: c2f4f74ece55223dd2be875cc013ff65cc31f5af4ed26a9e3b78f511209e9adc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a high-risk advance-fee scam lure, indicating it attempts to defraud users with promises of prizes or delivered parcels. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were extracted, the document's structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to compromised websites, likely to further the scam or deliver a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec05514c06---zatiguputuzaluv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csc025.com/userfiles/file/20210708120227_8pdmag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed134c0874cf40abe2e55f155bcb4eda/kozutewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/lofigawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/85407622869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7190593a6fcaa2e1290bc0c0a555a64b/kupuzukepokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd26c67f7db---99321787728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/zifavaxuxulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/segejoroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7cddf0002---87858833837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb76507fdf---37952846422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmnivpet25uk8v1a686c5dp137/tomofifixonokigarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/12066986763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d844ec54a50ac19eec9d0e7453477198/22391320497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f2d041640b2b56eed65ac4a4bd940b8/77527965923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/1507599114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5f7698c53a---temorenegivere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16968924914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c9aa570fd---2798781330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33rfk53c7fc73qev4dsff0rtgt/kenujopifixuguluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitafest.com/clients/1/13/1337b7689af00ddd847345d48bd720ff/File/sezalatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telorgabus.com/contents//files/wutemugemukawijevoxegox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be6849eb13---23346448410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/24535830274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c15de2fad---nawelexawegemaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=discus+throw+rules+and+regulations+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_off000129bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000141d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141D2 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 221e1406e84fba621a4fee5d0a1c31ebd14f5c0abacb2e22ac0850efe3376ce1
font_02_sfnt_off00015b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B76 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 6ef8559ac8593fd60f0232558a4bde1cd42789f4607b183251ac9e67a9499e98