Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a3a81f6a0dfd5d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:47:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c30d4eb9b3c27ce395e7384454314234 SHA-1: 32980bd8a10745f2efa6ba357601c6082bb0bb98 SHA-256: 2a3a81f6a0dfd5d50725397cac5a8072f25e7f734bf8f1d7e461ca2c6c4c2a8d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that point to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of a 'Download button' heuristic suggests a lure to entice users to click on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/35401464791.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67a9fa1c575cd11f41d224e0557dd13c/zojorosibulemenakikopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/31272900447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qeyeoptical.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadipadavamedilekubov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e83b71a19---bokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keystoparadise.com/userfiles/files/25768628273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/38464839306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e8e018fea---67591986395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a1ac93cfa---duwuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab18cd78603cbc4418620bbc2202560/zimupefuzaviwizuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5im5gh0aan12irnfvncpmp4ds/bezodugisupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/mubepipobodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mts6r826qha4lnhi2sh1eomtru/78214853401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/togubabejoluvubemojazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20d873c11cf2c50d27ff7b3961ee184d/dixamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/93764562877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef053a2ef2---tisixijuxifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/pamumelanevegarewigovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/23141610647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca0ad9da63---mumakofopumenopiderarami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/70453513395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/1599684047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/gafebade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+best+strategy+for+clash+of+clansPDF 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_off0000dea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEA1 17064 bytes
SHA-256: eefaf49ca43d140fc266cb69c27bac570375836393f30f86261e85e47a6a246e
font_01_sfnt_off00010ad0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD0 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 52556a60558d94ceef242c65a713526d79a43c2ea496cde146cb7658ccfab081
font_02_sfnt_off000123e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1