Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 895b03a5b191a98a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:34:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2903dd92ba0e93f04ca430de30c8152f SHA-1: c591a1b95ceb62dc5f4773ad59861dd5701c8125 SHA-256: 895b03a5b191a98a2d4d90fd99448ab7975298eaae54d1a236596ade2fca7787
164 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 as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, potentially to download further malware. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces the phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/89988199576.pdf
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezomodut.pdf
    • http://babyshelter.net/assets/upload/files/58387160654.pdf
    • http://unewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/53456677299.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/damonisaxapenaxem.pdf
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/13645634230.pdf
    • https://subarini.ro/mm/file/32192123590.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b96d4384d6---waxunaxisafawasoza.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410f58df46b---tozenajibu.pdf
    • https://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/23077881336.pdf
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/wesadavu.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc762741e8---67886729511.pdf
    • https://mangalargalux.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57208797932.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a5bbf16a3---diposopobumamifunexuzer.pdf
    • http://jamones-luna.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61736518716.pdf
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6937482955.pdf
    • http://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/65859011364.pdf
    • http://myphamnanyno.com/luutru/files/nuwotegijipovo.pdf
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3b8a12d39---95094233972.pdf
    • https://alpinashop.rudy-ra.com/files/nusozepupujugolovarev.pdf
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodoviwepaf.pdf
    • https://rendszergazda-cegeknek.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julozusoxepekaxo.pdf
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/51224635239.pdf
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/fanogi.pdf
    • http://goopenapp.com/uploads/files/87191489774.pdf
    • http://0225674989.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53964823963.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=idm+manager+crack
    • 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_off0000ed52.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED52 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010569.bin
47d4d95bdc1cc6f7440ffb87271d9041122eac3ff26507e1f92aeafcb73ff9c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10569 10232 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c1c.bin
3fee8b32a97d2202c3a0cc7d3019949133502eed4561ad847f95d22bc6914cb5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1C 17848 bytes