Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a2bd5adaecad01f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 06:28:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1337585188a8d7b02f0b4c38bf9dcbc6 SHA-1: 91973cd1570d3b19407521974bd3ffacfbb62969 SHA-256: 5a2bd5adaecad01f6524b7ba47954381a4219456e27834a14e3d7847486b1531
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Static analysis reveals it functions as a link farm, embedding numerous URLs that point to various websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains. This suggests an intent to lure users to potentially malicious sites for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+android+phone+for+emulation+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210908/file/45097346841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/69183803470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studioconcept-stand.com/fck_userfiles/file/70543180976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/73380734874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0f8884610---vuzoganalufabizoxabetoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379595c4083---zemisegobedoleko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/9462723763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/27382325162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sozopolihills.com/userfiles/file/78138265534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/zodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2365697132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23948893126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/13333927832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/kerokapavotesubenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvpbuilding.com/userfiles/file/95947138336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/lobuvetetanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/maborodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuoncotichdep.com/upload/files/riwutogakupiliwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/posuvebeminer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2e9aqd0h7or26tha3m3tqg595/34948206197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d45ec84305e99cbf572abdff61a3b08b/muxerukedijuware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wwa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toxiponabezefofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd9fb0ca4b---ruwefugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fff5ea9c45---18232753143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madhubanindiancuisine.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dikodigemodusona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eadd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEADD 17908 bytes
SHA-256: f51781afb07e02ef7a5f5a4c164c7a7829572b40dca8c8476d28b365b2073ef0
font_01_sfnt_off0001197d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1197D 11160 bytes
SHA-256: d84b874a318a95384fe311274fb7878c081301a7a78a7ba40977c755df4eb478
font_02_sfnt_off00013367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13367 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1