Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd2c2b560a184ef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-18 23:31:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 65ae946e86332bf3cef7175e5ff7b5ed SHA-1: c140028d57d1d054cde5218bc5504e19cbf2775a SHA-256: fd2c2b560a184ef27d2e544d1e2490f931af3c956185bb1566bbe7f7402df3c1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, and is flagged by ML classifiers as malicious. It also includes a lure for a password-protected archive, suggesting a multi-stage attack where the document itself is a delivery mechanism for a payload. The presence of a fake download button further supports this phishing-like approach.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/derokipopikorasevoganim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d301f8b2b23---13180804526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5a3b02fdfeefd976ed433d4ff3ef671/dogamemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siroyensao.com/upload/files/52545499182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/dinotapusapoxufefixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview68.org/clients/c/ca/ca24e3df3ff7fa9b839de6c08aba9959/File/69660923801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/bamomorapezixagevimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30637022310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b02dd46a1d---lidulitajula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/mukejenodebedudomilazifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/93571648725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/792ce7f929c58cb9b8ca0a316d005945/sojikuwifibobazunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b744a7eb5e9---sovukuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945cf1ceaa7---dapik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6878ee748c3fcf0e84a3380b2bb4a2a/vuwuzalesolotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097443711059---konikukudetokudagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22pqic2lrca0b87sqgjk4tgmg6/75116516886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/vadozawixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/59196962682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/11868098096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ef96ce823---mipolukajubijenasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084abc11b19f---31596867067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4pdr5b6nt1s1lcdc9fcgn0o57/30200533666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-22/20210722174749549041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=rar+password+cracker+crackPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB06 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 4c8ee3fa1dac86ec7f0179a891e77ef01b96242e7521655cb2b7efe16e5d2822
font_02_sfnt_off0001281c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1281C 10388 bytes
SHA-256: eececb78dd8f33efc8d8b154caf0b8ca7ab49e3965c47dee879b4cc5ce966bd7
font_03_sfnt_off00013fd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FD2 16336 bytes
SHA-256: adf38969d40f501586e0caf93d33991e243baeeecfe575c4831cdbf64b7044fa