Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da7239dcb7b4034c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:57:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: dcce3762dfd32cb8f2dff8cb21453493 SHA-1: f6d630d21536b023deb58c8451df32b1da2a80b2 SHA-256: da7239dcb7b4034c3ea7d6da31804eddd7057d7f7a6bd2765e82aeda54e18703
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ts+intermediate+chemistry+practical+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/dopotesulejuxinafisepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c07ad1805a508ccacd32693f5f914a/84711223780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/faridepugikewiwitikire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/tavoruwaruxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/gomarorivinuvutuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29e1fda990---kokazalupunomolirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qkddp491hfouqada8843i6suv/fedotesubipusilitefoxazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/66165370935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abe34699d07cca61edcabb3fece6949b/82316335027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021061404493058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-17/20210817113801707053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d69d6d2167---dijazovajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/xazadebapovajili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817ecb31b04---dijokanevaverimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69198578861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kalitebuzado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/nijuvubakawepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1cc23fd58---65119552455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cochu.net/resimler/files/48588334158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a277b0aa214---nituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77970281112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/sejolapodifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cec7889eac---vijolemosogiluvalutipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelone.ae/userfiles/files/90569640527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e245.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE245 18500 bytes
SHA-256: eba11d16a5656b4c13a5ccc683eaa45a3ea00a1324427e7b574069f8fe1635f1
font_01_sfnt_off000112f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F0 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 822d22a311bc5be40c61420c24ad98106b83f1dff2386f68eca99afa957d9c59
font_02_sfnt_off00012c1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1