Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5012d8f0e5f2ff5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:06:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0fcd53949efdc6e2cea37d74ed00c811 SHA-1: 2b87f11de473ccb3f1b81a6878c26277291e1354 SHA-256: a5012d8f0e5f2ff550a9f59091c68e995123a5800a60676379648ea40410cbf9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a common phishing lure, presenting itself as an image to entice users into clicking embedded links. These links form a link farm, directing users through multiple disposable domains and compromised CMS uploads. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lead users to a phishing site or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://skupka54.ru/upload/m/wuranedubuvozamarirowote.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mylead-journey.mandiricareer.net/contents/files/mikedatokimupis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15413299014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/14231656442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merlak.ru/userfiles/file/bemixufabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/kafugexokudebalobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziszolg.hu/editor_up/tusivubufapafovakolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solo-reisen.com/media/images/file/7443107474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/17642715698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studioconcept-stand.com/fck_userfiles/file/70543180976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/72512854668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/87479498989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613902a5b3f13---mugima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2593eb3e3e4fcd73702b8683f6eac4b2/xirewemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inggeo.eu/userfiles/files/nujafofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93137339524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/16111066377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/16381920344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210926061336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f9351758d---10550982673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperidiaogomes.com/userfiles/files/zadewufefusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161457eca47811---zevegitagajogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+world+is+not+enough+full+movie+online+freePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ad3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC54D 14320 bytes
SHA-256: 8e1ddcaec2377674baf6a0e528820c6f58256592ee7e4773abbbaa1c0b26b2c1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DA 11168 bytes
SHA-256: ebd2496e332dba6d3c7e0203ba827f9f07b105cdd812a500e2b870472f3efce2