Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd2f03fbaae72c2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:42:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a21d1b37da10e4956a13e21b4dc0426f SHA-1: eaf60fac935f6a16b8103261bc8cf1b6997e7607 SHA-256: cd2f03fbaae72c2db73bdc864587936461cde8a9b2dd94ad7766372bdbd02777
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It impersonates a document signing service and contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics indicates an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Document signing service impersonation lure medium SE_DOCUSIGN_LURE
    Document impersonates DocuSign, Adobe Sign, or a similar signing service in a signing-request context
  • 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 http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/dojafegabewukizemefi.pdf
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070be073da85---26711289366.pdf
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/naluwukotibimeduxomikik.pdf
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a06d089260331a32eb1e786ba817f891/10758462992.pdf
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/42275066504.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8276d1ec0---lazenerezor.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607199d0a475b---73247467881.pdf
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/dusoweta.pdf
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12230367017.pdf
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/2021621232930.pdf
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xezakonipiruxodenuduf.pdf
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/19760285336.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/suvope.pdf
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/36684880039.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t91kv3bb2l24m6ad4vukfr1573/nupufanez.pdf
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/39569870394.pdf
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b0f15069e089510eba260c3912d311/lemipipum.pdf
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608530c4b49d0---50908411109.pdf
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0430d6f58f6be7e00f5c9f1fb803064/tufepadobokojirezo.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72c4fa6f2e8878c737980a3e939d1e74/zubub.pdf
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a68e660d6e302dfa046e65c221190b7e/jewezaxenubomijopus.pdf
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b84be8445693d322170a18add5599467/90938596848.pdf
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/kaxefakid.pdf
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvf8u1o29fdl3lvh14a18c0gf5/gonurowopafopuboluwokosug.pdf
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o42dit8ne7lhos3bi0j9mcimi3/pates.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+paste+signature+on+pdf+file
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7d7.bin
2348c5b4d38de505408d7ba6cbd13ef22455bfdc0466c09ee83def20cc1743d7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7D7 16888 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000113f6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c0d.bin
44ee8998ace10b9e79fef9a25ef8b4eb3d107a6158a4528c6fe74cfcc1e5463f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C0D 10852 bytes