Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2f71b675458fa8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:38:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d25f5de6f18d185ae2078ad9ac9e0477 SHA-1: 2c91d89e9e882b018e81606f3f5e7e14e12b4ba9 SHA-256: c2f71b675458fa8a54c430b4dc3715d4d844ea7a193f6b094ce18cf87dd06513
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' confirms links to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be the extensive use of external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=smartcardservice+remote+android PDF link annotation
    • http://sungwoo-n.com/userfiles/file/venibejotoganikabivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/wavaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/17679921361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/69084657527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354fd270fbd---91818177478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/tazebodizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque.ville.deux-montagnes.qc.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobivesozaxajarufunujavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartmedia.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/6773456767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca64587f97660b4ca9580d1c95de1bb8/mojevilegogezesolulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bpreiofl72g32eq2bp6koava7/18369112850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/gularabodumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindhuinvestment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48930006900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/gubonagalomafibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elt7fmlagrmr3milolhm23im60/sadetaxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/newunukakafasolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73900443096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elger.cz/fckphotos/file/jezimodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/rumuwuxifuzuxetena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargologicru.com/sadm_files/xaridodebamerake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/wafodaxafinewegevajenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymkarajok.net/tiedostot/files/wibukoritewalolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/tuzumubozerorufogivugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/diletuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134df98a934e---pexenofalezimotukulufipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b4a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A8 10624 bytes
SHA-256: bd35007b500d3dd46333307ac5b26fd8fa4e56f743a4ffb34b394d97f602f133
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCEE 15696 bytes
SHA-256: a391c2c02a9da63b7fc16af559605c529ee6911c30910446c0db57b3cd14452c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1