Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5a3d62ef2b9a00c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 02:16:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c6ccd6a032b993d1ee1c8022b724c340 SHA-1: bf3e4cae6e33a545360f8f66139425c17b433c61 SHA-256: a5a3d62ef2b9a00c38b7e85f3bbb3c2de0da55a08e3245ecc04bf640511bbe83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to domains associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall detection profile strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifefisuxidijebujozi.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146e7be4b5e5---dofawolowe.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca2362f16e---velixuzaxarenesegefazav.pdf
    • http://intertribo.sk/files/27520568273.pdf
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/remijopumojalodemedovasik.pdf
    • http://njchemland.com/upload/files/dubejipubikobij.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313b88ee6f0---75973993666.pdf
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/selokawow.pdf
    • https://contabilidadegoncalves.com/fotosempresa/files/pukirofujefise.pdf
    • http://tridiart.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37811968479.pdf
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/xuziriwavowadame.pdf
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/darugutarazutugemobeka.pdf
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84508952820.pdf
    • http://sobateracota.ro/mm/file/ximapewe.pdf
    • https://sagarexpress.com/userfiles/file/jufuko.pdf
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87059435831.pdf
    • https://dichvuhappyhouse.com/upload/files/fopuwepisa.pdf
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/57391646509.pdf
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/65347165211.pdf
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/tesanugor.pdf
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17284548758.pdf
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/dajuluf.pdf
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83212806878.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cast+a+phone+screen+to+a+laptop
    • 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_off0000af98.bin
4a4beeabf7b77dedea3e667af1c923c225817eb319e69d7e6ca59c97a22d8483
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF98 10456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c754.bin
72834fc85476a5ec301e83c2b1ddbb9924f891c8ccbd9bc3f975f5271f11c195
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC754 16612 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1a9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A9 16792 bytes