Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9d2ab542e9244bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-10-01 10:20:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f2cf44206dadfb8ebcc714d1634b81b1 SHA-1: 15f347e5291e1a2afe76f0cd625a5ff7239c5485 SHA-256: a9d2ab542e9244bf80598cc8ff68665a19d268c1ee15e81c7367eb8a1acd6677
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to fraudulent sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202109/file/1632703687.pdf
    • http://www.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/virujubavinivabupo.pdf
    • https://lexcyberia.com/userfiles/files/lokuxopujezubi.pdf
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/61263925457.pdf
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/kevamozoda.pdf
    • http://printrun.nl/userfiles/files/kijoxegijatetovi.pdf
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75799549590.pdf
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/97859892943.pdf
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0v9as4iqt5ca15h4k8snc8r0k/posaf.pdf
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/76533982870.pdf
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/90377366293.pdf
    • http://ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15252842020.pdf
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/12663652207.pdf
    • https://www.chablis-gautherin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41378328972.pdf
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/voweposikumuwuvep.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161492d05a6343---losuzawurijugikedarawil.pdf
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/85187078186.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161474f0997987---nuzaremaxotiwepefak.pdf
    • http://mrcookie.tw/upload/editor/file/191537334945.pdf
    • https://insinkerator.us/images/uploaded/file/33318352403.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6d6723214---23726868135.pdf
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japib.pdf
    • https://netcsemege.elelmiszer-hazhozszallitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufeleburaladiwabulero.pdf
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210921_FF9259B0E0C95B8A.pdf
    • http://syntra.pl/userfiles/file/xabomusitavilapodorusip.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=gta+v+oppressor
    • 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_off0000b302.bin
4eb5a732574098fa167e4e040623c48f5f585db7158846d4e39f4fcbbfbf18f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB302 17312 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfbb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7d2.bin
192bcfb95ab43266ef615a6f7365b4cefd62c6a9c79403e8d570576601892dac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D2 10108 bytes