Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d0e9a7524c40ead…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:18:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 927b1afd67a11d3e7594f0dc86880352 SHA-1: f334774d5f27dc2c44496d9a23691f8b8a7dfc39 SHA-256: 7d0e9a7524c40ead967565d22734cc98c56f3604f0cb7589e6af345e9b6a62af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Numerous heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to various external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+phonics+mean
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawogelukije.pdf
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/pizofetavexa.pdf
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavup.pdf
    • https://intrastorg.com/userfiles/file/93283033449.pdf
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/simepixiwaxej.pdf
    • http://soeurs-scjboran.fr/soeurs/upload/files/pelitubutafurif.pdf
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613185115a74e---16560402008.pdf
    • http://okudshava.ru/userfiles/file/73147397713.pdf
    • https://empresa-venta.hr/files/muwupefufekigawezapiwil.pdf
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210917125028.pdf
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76938851365.pdf
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/71518659692.pdf
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/137855541761404e3b41407.pdf
    • http://productinfo.in/konadnew/userfiles/file/xovofak.pdf
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210915204905990671998.pdf
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/lidowagumixoxomum.pdf
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojunujinozizowifo.pdf
    • http://www.omt.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2930969163.pdf
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/vaxow.pdf
    • http://balalajka.nu/media/mabasoxoxevaxebiwelovifug.pdf
    • https://kit-veron.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64734527336.pdf
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92f319b402094b34c6650d3a7137f2a5/31635895643.pdf
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/vazokebefob.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a03794665a655453b7a86ab68a013fcc/75805812823.pdf
    • http://ekmeta.lt/failai/file/38875205593.pdf
    • http://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/kinetezetikawodaju.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_off0000cd49.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD49 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e560.bin
c5521fa3fcdc7648f9c96bed3b5bab11537bf697341f8e087c1efba5f7ff4c33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE560 10624 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd82.bin
e8e3aa649b5977ef22601f51cc6e785742631f0dee99a0a1ce8ba6dc159cd2b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD82 17832 bytes