Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdca4620b53878bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-10-08 18:51:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 62fdee95f6689c5903c6ad496394d92d SHA-1: 79d8771b7c68d72d25c7d66324604283f1d718fd SHA-256: cdca4620b53878bbf7c6273f3b7d7f878fd6e5994c52c494342f02db97145321
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, a common tactic for distributing malicious content or conducting phishing campaigns. The embedded URLs, such as http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjq5b1vh5nouuqippkcosoootg/42994349137.pdf, are likely part of this malicious infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/210923051213267312g7ylvl.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/ragobupevoxugefaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0846764bc034d6b9dae043347361d94/jezogakegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/davozerebanoditeriperaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eca83718d1---wugukedepuxovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/25683958190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paraglider24.de/pics/fotos/1/file/68598794583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojibanilatonapijuzofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613534f0ba54f---bogowikevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finliz.lt/i/File/24731040113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://combatkuntao.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99302845504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/48553387815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjq5b1vh5nouuqippkcosoootg/42994349137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/81876630564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/tuvenutilamodaratumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ushsr16lfshc94bd22no05gck/jexexuwoturepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/55925369601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///teloviwenumevevadalodabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naim.naparts.com/images/fck/file/38333122621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/62264541026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76597184608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/39808735282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swissies.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mezovagaxexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efe815506f---41287527353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxlustry.ru/img/upload/dotuzekelidamafoxokubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=swelling+behind+left+earPDF 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_off0000bca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA7 16348 bytes
SHA-256: eb6f504af2ee4ca83815e8496d14741e579b374484a7d5fae821bcc2e46d72a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BB 10648 bytes
SHA-256: baa533a51b54e0186b5313f2a94ef42f6acd4fb0219b6424f3c40dab228f4a0a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1