Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2389a1c5e028ec2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-10-06 09:17:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 2f5f504ced4cd74df009b0cf566dfbff SHA-1: c1c2a427a8147ffbaa7a902a43194fae7a398720 SHA-256: 2389a1c5e028ec2e36dd70440544c9e612caa0c5f5dcf6ad68b1ba5969908d7d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to domains associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised or disposable domains points to an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/57383895134.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314841a0a83---dejazujimuviruvugusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/woriworonunakakak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/75773050174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b7df8e0917---laxeberivoxixokisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pontus-sd.eu/uploads/file/kivikipunebufikideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirche-treuen.de/UserFiles/File/zomikifakitaginajaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierlistei.ch/downloads/95870219634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/93221359989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thcscatquea.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/737241284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergeca.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minubokomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/70082012451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.net/userfiles/file/joponulazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/62484915215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigebuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615ce3cbc4b4d---51299994238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/24681208937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julietlandau.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/85820415086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/tutadawabenuwexudof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/83639937692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce83b072379f6cdbd2bd3049d0ef017d/jajivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=12th+biology+projects+pdfPDF 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_off0000d652.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD652 11092 bytes
SHA-256: bc21c11b15b8884e1bef19339d1557bcfe5cfea66fbfe0c9ab194d8e3f22e57c
font_01_sfnt_off0000efe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FA 19152 bytes
SHA-256: 6f0d68d9a79e666b80e01271565f145d5db19dcc6d0f10e8494a722ac07256e0