Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a012e723b2dbd26d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 06:00:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dc46270c101f075408324ca47bb5643a SHA-1: c7c87f3339d553a950327d1b1c5aedbadbfd1419 SHA-256: a012e723b2dbd26d9d3da8d26c51acb794c97269550a39d6f87b88f6671308a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent, likely leading to further stages of attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://mcrlclient.gilcom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipuborafinuzitena.pdf
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba954330eb---magosezorak.pdf
    • http://advocaatindex.nl/images/uploads/52735627229.pdf
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c0966a36f---bixarexomokifuxopafipem.pdf
    • https://tamm.be/_files/file/52001289588.pdf
    • https://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagujixomopuvix.pdf
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/bemonixavuwozaviguveb.pdf
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210901151050152.pdf
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/84004187056.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9168a7841---52288780479.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614029e7523ba---5582093031.pdf
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ccf0a5ab0b---1512864448.pdf
    • http://gespk.com/userfiles/file/mixakemuvaxakoxesewir.pdf
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/44764004067.pdf
    • http://yibetter.com/data/files/79586765866.pdf
    • http://ingpiazza.eu/userfiles/files/87063491105.pdf
    • http://wine-paraphernalia.com/files/winep/_repo/file/60870291963.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c6c0d974d3---58743221174.pdf
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/lodamelilekobefu.pdf
    • http://world-housing.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12909439384.pdf
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021092105045065.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308b028210f---wapixopifeg.pdf
    • https://eastoncn.housemember.com/uploads/files/negijibazabujiliraderojek.pdf
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210905185556.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=android+su+windows+7
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81175953585.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_off0000b6ef.bin
508ca3914abfc0029ce7d013838a2e033faddf53d24e7bfc6e4362dfe09146ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6EF 10020 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd5e.bin
26feb6f5f65572246574ddad08e3e04788ff25dbef044740182a6450864bcbaa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5E 16460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7a9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A9 16792 bytes