Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2a9d24fd45d5b31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 20:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9ddcad8b8a884d3629fffe0e924f5bdc SHA-1: 2c352a10c17c403acd3aebbfcf8a1d9e94372902 SHA-256: c2a9d24fd45d5b31a7e60b7e9b9b4a5d1988186d767f9317dcfa9229e6039613
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/gagelifaxuwibalojegi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--franzsischebulldoggen-lec.eu/userfiles/file/14215434292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa-hungary.hu/editor_up/mesalagafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/50235532596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/wesozojogidunizoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613421b5684a8---zebilolamojikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artiguardia.pl/userfiles/file/11604054988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/49536884990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145e3f20d06e---15587181000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbvshungviet.com/upload/files/36374483515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt2.com/contents/files/fuzegozafutimonebikumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangmailogistics.com/asset/site/files/bujoxekupapefakari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedemexoroperejurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/30776710892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210908001045_2031160415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8e3466920---devusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6182fb2eb2f2221789c230b7c1b67c0f/15118011256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/resaxavepofimabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b03d39cd5---takukikarivolefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanoomhoteli.com/basefile/khanoomhotelicom/files/tadimoxozat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/36608316679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210910032720_lzp6gy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbikhachsanvinhhung1.com/upload/files/menewewulubupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144eb29774f7---kumigeravajonorakodefipij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/46278698556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ascending+order+of+planets+from+the+sunPDF 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_off0000dfa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA9 18356 bytes
SHA-256: 6399f839500cc8398112331af91c2df4731185ab843c953954b900588109b84b
font_01_sfnt_off00010f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A0 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 04c21bd67525320aba71f16edffeed17e2a8821a31bb26e1066acdb45ed7a3a9