Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9a81a5e3070bba0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.4 KB Created: 2021-08-25 09:26:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 974a02a6e09bb39a1f19f04742d5782c SHA-1: 0de856fac61204fd3446016f9485b78584b3ad1a SHA-256: a9a81a5e3070bba0e77cf66f7c3db0ccd66de41fa8ea89cbfac425722ccc5480
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF document exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It employs lures such as a visual download button and instructions to enable macros or editing, common tactics for tricking users into executing malicious content. The document also contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9768

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/nagitalubiwudigaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/xoxijekatizesejisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/razitetutamaridurafagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/20218182318464852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/lowebexekivasanuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/faxojolamesuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/sowisakeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aki6j1frqg1kf7eve99pa50t0/32940359545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38sai8r9gvhjraho3dcmkrihn5/95614999141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igpi8ljcitiuiob58k5e30tqs7/sagematixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lyubomiradineva.com/files/file/35366691467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85941e1cbabb15606e518490afefec35/bexifowibadoxomaxoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/52321590646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7f12bdb44---78190539614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eulfa30os0061418bld32vi0j/witibolipive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/bozavodata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fae29441d0796b7513093af52820418/72678971125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kap-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexeruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/20060662605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/xezinadudibugizejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/lezefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kf89v3j6ib6kfshdte7eolq10i/13061499268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110ec24cd2a6---67424326346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomedia.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33827140312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12g2dhb5atn9q7v3urb9e2lfsr/63289255658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=synodic+month+of+moonPDF 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_off0001a7e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A7E0 18596 bytes
SHA-256: a0da854f3e41e7037907603af4410189cad6442e4c10140ec485c779055745d4
font_01_sfnt_off0001d8e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D8E9 10320 bytes
SHA-256: da1911aa925e2b493a378029b93e87719f510cc14c3c73d9a2d033c2278b0d8e
font_02_sfnt_off0001effe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EFFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1