Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9848cf861b50fad8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:52:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4d064ac286b4f9e18da4867dc294a34a SHA-1: 98b361b6f81f695d6212c82c9aa2a4e92d5f3809 SHA-256: 9848cf861b50fad80d86497151265e1d56418d90a3933cdbfb8cd6cded0836a9
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The 'system ui apk download' UTM parameter indicates a lure for users seeking software, likely to trick them into downloading malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8274

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210906075022580.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/94788881429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/2880984564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbaorphancare.org/survey/userfiles/files/27551153389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210919043522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/bixaguwizulibajiruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panoramamall.bg/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/melisitunevegoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ac5ac79c1---vokuzaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijmscr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84284873887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/12061848246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/450395b849dc55c43611945eb2ec470c/57512826486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f675780c6---16313902337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointwebhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jewalawuvelumito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/nizetalezuworuvoveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/86910285050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/jotugibowopefojelego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/12714444393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/89771636721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137555248022---pavupenejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiensa.com/UserFiles/File/nomitexuduvigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/84761276152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=system+ui+apk+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000edd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD7 20120 bytes
SHA-256: 7dd2f8d4878a43bfb012c0c14e28dfcf6fcd9897d5f9a2bed767b9b3bd045bae
font_01_sfnt_off00012217.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12217 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A2E 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 14f82f8e74f9fed7888b68eb998d1ebf35bcd54b271a332a2d0801ebe6978c5b