Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1244006eaa66158e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:12:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ec64d68f9ec97148f083a86fbb1dd600 SHA-1: 27d60d39bc392a260f6c013b7d176c58ca05dc84 SHA-256: 1244006eaa66158e427547553a145844c24c436348228f1ca87cd4d1101883c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable domains, with one URL specifically mentioning 'minecraft download app apk' to lure victims. The presence of external URIs and a link farm structure strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+download+app+apk
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/75948948295.pdf
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuzab.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ksi9nimoal2hpjjt3o9b96af5/2877210223.pdf
    • https://grup-rul.ro/printuri-fi/files/davob.pdf
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/supix.pdf
    • https://micro-logic.ro/images/uploaded/file/19960192100.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fe33c2362---81929050551.pdf
    • https://tanhaithanhvalves.com/quangcao/admin/file/lesisimoxikekoxe.pdf
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62931183990.pdf
    • https://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/98260148656.pdf
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/84345630999.pdf
    • http://sowa-architekci.pl/userfiles/files/66330115617.pdf
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/69615057422.pdf
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/71800400573.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613519ac44580---poderatugigopobaviwexuta.pdf
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109052246126030.pdf
    • https://ksdc.in/userfiles/file/69024376493.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161428f94cad05---4962286670.pdf
    • https://kimcert.org/E/file/87899023749.pdf
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/33721652154.pdf
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rewofojozunasududinul.pdf
    • http://montoaneli.com/ckfinder/files/51240346973.pdf
    • http://ballarioarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/rarerotulasabukutomavok.pdf
    • http://fra2ange.it/userfiles/files/lesepevu.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f927854c0e9716e5dee5affb61ac695/gifunogawegusodabiperug.pdf
    • http://myagreement.com/UserFiles/file/tulamugob.pdf
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16368827939.pdf
    • 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_off0000c028.bin
d2cf06c0aaefe42f0c7b24cb5367a41cda48d49b6080b9ff9808189158619c60
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC028 16064 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e91a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE91A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010131.bin
83b5e940c0dd518578eb8b0f6f6ee1b3e7b37a37aa9769fdd0a28be13c125e0f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10131 10616 bytes