Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5124af89d2a9ecb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 12:19:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ea1196efc4242ac4038d3353745c3154 SHA-1: dd06fcf97a95205b57bf0ef7bf7b9072ba01ee34 SHA-256: 5124af89d2a9ecb9f366ccb1cdf3982e2fafd7d294ce7fd5264c557272268a08
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Several URLs point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41923547440.pdf
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/66561150370.pdf
    • http://agavietnam.com/img/files/zitelelum.pdf
    • http://hexindechem.com/upload/files/zomure.pdf
    • https://tinhhoaxanh.vn/userfiles/file/kegoxos.pdf
    • http://turningpointdigital.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixisari.pdf
    • https://wupaojichangjia.com/d/files/kugozogesajibodora.pdf
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/59425595584.pdf
    • https://nls.vn/upload/files/29827057742.pdf
    • http://zapatosperezcabrera.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavajevufamizubanoxodig.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c8d9a3f4c---60502833102.pdf
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/40487996799.pdf
    • http://studiolorenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/togewe.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvta1o4rbrh76llthud43b7dpv/82866147714.pdf
    • https://cet.sk/res/file/43162336112.pdf
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75196790039.pdf
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/66694161982.pdf
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/jevelokolisezepujoxif.pdf
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac76f661c911cba0e82fdb10187e30a8/kapemenizilufuwedaxosif.pdf
    • http://alwaditrading.com/userfiles/files/10346858713.pdf
    • http://geoscan.it/userfiles/files/xinaxunagenufuloba.pdf
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/finobodupiwakemuxugur.pdf
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/95538606018.pdf
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/dusagiridinox.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=crucial+conversations+model+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_off0000ccfe.bin
2eb300a9d182a8e5f336f74f7389f593ff8b5ae983fce2e404288736e738faf2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCFE 19792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff79.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF79 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011790.bin
804279a508a8f1caf33dbe77f16cc3fa24a7151ae1aad7eb5e18a9c715ea175d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11790 10976 bytes