Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d94a2ae1061c022c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:25:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: da84dd67236ce486a5b2523739a2ba00 SHA-1: 7de3e5deeea4a9d6aaa174a8948fc8ae791813ff SHA-256: d94a2ae1061c022ccd704e86aa7a24bfee6076b49b4175041f867c17af2c1e97
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 ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/99506646769.pdf
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/nedikobuzuwevowila.pdf
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/sixemumifuralojulozenape.pdf
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb341ec66f1ffeb6849352caa6aeee33/25676561846.pdf
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27555538177.pdf
    • http://defhjdr.friend-match.com/upload/files/kukadeduvaz.pdf
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6344441a3caa0b9e7c6513af64014ad/niwodixut.pdf
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42520301569.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltn4tvbpuu91654952ddc56ujm/21528687979.pdf
    • http://portaldeaquidauana.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poxakamivolozavixexebalo.pdf
    • http://linklandhotels.com/upfile/editor/files/debuwatujozipuma.pdf
    • http://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwijixosipalilapoxazopow.pdf
    • http://guerrazzi.info/userfiles/files/37469273334.pdf
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvom.pdf
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77886786372.pdf
    • http://parmalab.it/userfiles/files/26775400743.pdf
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/14015558264.pdf
    • http://hastensandbreakfast.nl/userfiles/file/loruzidamudupexomifupuxuj.pdf
    • http://www.ezmoving.com/file/42538575250.pdf
    • http://sb-78.ru/files/file/podamifix.pdf
    • https://alpasol.e-giant.net/upload/files/65207694882.pdf
    • http://ruizhishengwu.com/uploadfiles/file/020554288790.pdf
    • http://www.gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72434632919.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+studio+test+on+phone
    • 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_off0000f05f.bin
02a916f2f5b1aedb8e96477fd62731a4cd36a490a2b0c8fc062318dc3572768d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF05F 19024 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001222c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1222C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a43.bin
820733b8ca2ddbb6bdf16950ea6d8b503aed1a8dd983ce53db86d8d9645f628e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A43 10364 bytes