Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7f2e2d48a4fd9f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 18:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f5523469178ebbaabf46ae95e6ca6511 SHA-1: dcc81b40b81679fa30f637beb4284afcf9c55c4c SHA-256: c7f2e2d48a4fd9f9e0f7a313ee7bf5c374c7bcb0e303b2c3db338047244045a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2014+cadillac+cts+owner%27s+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380f28dcffc---371344489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/faxokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreadramatour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_6F1AF0BCF564E33E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/lijagifogasakavipawana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/210901172854810864ardv8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk4education.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76951157591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/7486503457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-tuong.com/media/ckfinder/files/15289961876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/12050358764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/1956957351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d38069f3f---18887628462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/batijumatobowijamaxotodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/71819054374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/44097092860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/24761516114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/89459129275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents/files/64654674000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbfb47b8127f26061f5e5c7e2a2438c9/9609091324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karatenarrewarren.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/vinofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quanticabtl.com/cms_2018_quantica/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/8960892793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/jowaguduwexabewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ff9f7b2996b56abd2e75a78c8110eac/xukejavumuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/nefavafobowowopodozexiw.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_off0000dd26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f53d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53D 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 434ca379b5f0dd8403aede91f41e56f1a3c9e0e5348d89f2ab540ebf8eb09522
font_02_sfnt_off00010f18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F18 18716 bytes
SHA-256: f47a3377f1bdd3dadafc9cb1e70aa389152f2bdefde5329acce18534d86d3444