Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0c2a89c60e9232f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:18:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: dada7e8e39e44f99f26f5f639353504e SHA-1: 1291c12c55b12a54a4b44343aa317146545a5534 SHA-256: e0c2a89c60e9232fe369a90683ae39d080638144475139422c335643a0b998e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to various websites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters and links to compromised CMS uploads suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+word+converter+without+format+change PDF link annotation
    • http://rebizplus.com/userfiles/file/pulenaxikawosokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/saburufupolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6b48b2dfd---zofavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb6b62ff52---38217681501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0ee50598e---5578468020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de35c8008ae8dd08857fc00967756fc1/xetepezusalaberudabujomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/15927234795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95f52bf632bb7ba0aeb35cc7ccb89a0c/34957232653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088eecf46acd---2412504963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c1d4b6153---xotibiroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/87939578253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087169d34fab---kegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/51127784530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/bilewinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6faf6d0beb---5306306248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/9174795432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/492f283a0f8daa0b5d01b17c4bd504d3/36814390217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3dd100074---dozusura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bungefamily.com/clients/5233/File/gudebubemogafujuwazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/15477701236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29f0eaae00---11019624102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/57156288255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/51927777807.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_off0000f54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D64 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 0becdc1f4f662ea592386713508c70132a41a606dd797c4bd15946ffe528d8b0
font_02_sfnt_off0001267a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1267A 18452 bytes
SHA-256: c34f7528e28efd2aacd96e846d1909e7d7223445475bc0f650673fd6dae14874