Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a2e9c6272029e33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:57:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0daf82a6b9449fda24fc2f2676d782e3 SHA-1: 7a307f9f506e24a530a558e5ed2b363e27fe2fd4 SHA-256: 0a2e9c6272029e3338cb21d77b30abacaaa941f07b64e9bb3de8f1bc1dbb0ebf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination. The presence of external URIs and a link farm indicates a redirection mechanism, likely to deliver a malicious payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/dazegirobemopixak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/midebigojumedefeduxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/94101776049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vzwsportenmuziek.com/content_docs/gemunulodalumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/fevinikitimonekezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pactforfamilies.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51447565756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/zuganabifowizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaicockstar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetamolumevanawevodevirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/210f0cb14776daba567ef9b9a4df1c43/kureruxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/14183483616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingatlansos.hu/images/userfiles/file/bolurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/zigibamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/99199708326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/rakukumexevubawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/89584518407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epicridesnepal.com/files/wonelozerurerelafosariban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85da0bec7ca7908733b4b4b6f89ba4a4/98703952215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee525da826---degubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/wowuvosevesobebujito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/metekuvegepozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4e6751a9e---34707260289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.net/flash/thriftstorewebsites.net/file/vifazewulopumaxuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66071528935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72954043753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=firmware+t95+android+10PDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11853 10732 bytes
SHA-256: acf1c187fc32c2409fcc5723d9d2f2e5c04f4a458566638c4e3be774326d5aed
font_01_sfnt_off0001310b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310B 19052 bytes
SHA-256: 33ab129d620a3a9be3180ecb2ce2930b047a5dba924127c20efafe56c8b99a4b
font_02_sfnt_off00016318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16318 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1