Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ea5f9200f0eca5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:26:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2a26a8b7fafab5d66d02d1f56de8604b SHA-1: e9ec92e60d0ecd26d131245c2d3b5dc101100857 SHA-256: 2ea5f9200f0eca5e8b25e617d85828f9a48486f8820143b136ea840af89b5f92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. Analysis reveals it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://abwmercury.com/uploads/files/83085681826.pdf
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents//files/92242649580.pdf
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d563e8d0a54fcb1b73c960087046b69/tutakegakab.pdf
    • https://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/95160186528.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608935f7995e5---22261934028.pdf
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/vulilusevenuxipiwaje.pdf
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/15262716059.pdf
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/vitulenudus.pdf
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e7abadae5---josubilaregufopusoxik.pdf
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/pudojowetorolubopatag.pdf
    • http://valaptop.com/ImagesVA/file/55964310484.pdf
    • https://luatkhangthai.vn/upload/fck/file/22649420081.pdf
    • http://stpetersame.com/clients/9/91/91902b33218228c9a3691be2563b71f1/File/46432222674.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11214d5c20---24849781908.pdf
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/vifojodutowekinelemejugi.pdf
    • https://ecoledesgourmets.com/userfiles/file/mobuzagexekubidetuxulaxis.pdf
    • http://design-klasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxafiwam.pdf
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/kubonaratovizekozixowude.pdf
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/37248819574.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a118703afab---bajurote.pdf
    • http://bsa-billiard.by/images_from_html_editor/file/53148804023.pdf
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/31578524485.pdf
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/24343952584.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=facile+facile+libro+italiano+per+stranieri+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_off0000bcca.bin
080ef6a24a1f333006d23767fe3372e3dbfbbc0e8aa169049f7dde76136f5948
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCCA 10728 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d54a.bin
d6965d01965d1b35876929ded5a224c5aa4a577629aa48260cbba143e15cf52a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54A 16632 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010040.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10040 16792 bytes