Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a0d304c7258f707…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 11:53:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b64049b791deaa483502b6a022094a9e SHA-1: 14625ede3178950aaa43a899055d45e6abe618f4 SHA-256: 2a0d304c7258f70709deeecd8d542436a4be2e4571eac93d92d92fbeb647f5f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential malicious scripting capabilities within the PDF. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://coaching-jk-academic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomuxevowozutanono.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/38957144997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/sitimowumopufuxizufafofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/4955028678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pagodatalk.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/kasefetuxunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/97955993506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/5471256404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905160322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dec6b8b4e1---56106854418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/33040233563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/sofabut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawfirm.vn/MINH/user_files/file/19317508862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/xusufodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuselagajopaguraxikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/fifomumejupujizute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fde03d0f26---24540003840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kapefashion.com/files/files/babiwapibamamevekaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tolgyesvolgy.hu/userfiles/file/6921767728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134405f24bae---xulalikodimujalunixomupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexsafetyproducts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopobujulexuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamcohoaian.com/webroot/img/files/wutifiropubojomerex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89207442103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/33884239551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_7CE9DC23D1EB8742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gainliving.com/upload/editor/file/fisakefefaxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+private+account+picsPDF 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_off0000e1b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B3 10788 bytes
SHA-256: c8bae17178a1e6e3b22dbf853dd93ca16385399c98868b1f2750bdba1aeada37
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA92 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 1565511a67dfdc3df29717aed611cb3cded3c6d7ea5578a3d76a2c626d5ae7f5
font_02_sfnt_off00012aac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1