Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9e6c51048798856…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:52:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2b0b962d851a8e73f5d8bd95b09dc435 SHA-1: e1186f6b8498a7fb0d49d254a6cc96b79b4528a4 SHA-256: a9e6c51048798856f55080b0997f33e54d9baae41b81f218add96ec0c4ef626d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The file functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://portaldeaquidauana.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikawus.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77f038e01639c5d4c806093295c47752/70942727829.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8efc2f7ac6b9ef46040007673b2e0557/katulexur.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb55772f551---futonabixas.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753e04c288f---14077307703.pdf
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/feduzoze.pdf
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/sitakupejugupuzegakaru.pdf
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/88408670418.pdf
    • http://epoetryworld.com/clients/53741/File/juduwoledas.pdf
    • http://ddgasul.com/userfiles/file/ruxufafedetukitumumegorag.pdf
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/1755593159.pdf
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/girisemevorewiduz.pdf
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39358845197.pdf
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/32412764075.pdf
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogagajidodigosepejagug.pdf
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d3d1395222---jazuvobo.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74922ca83b---6473600017.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd7d950c8a6---19104411765.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8pb2ohv16tnmvtqv5g7slcck3/kadigiworerow.pdf
    • https://digireg.gr/upload/jusej.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ccaac98ce89fac28a86ce094447187a/82307790615.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ibm+cognos+analytics+tutorial+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_off0000e43c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE43C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc53.bin
dc9a03d4eb9f6af268b35cbadba55d0e024e64c53e96b70895fb4b1ac0b66be8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC53 11136 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000115e7.bin
d7bf289f902f5d0f6729fac4ee84106adf0152ab2769f7be93e0e78fd323fc58
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E7 18304 bytes