Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9a4b24042ecc395…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 00:27:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 370b0bd4ab0a3de30247393375584c9b SHA-1: a68bf46c3406ae7b625c3f35873a31dcb9534bf7 SHA-256: f9a4b24042ecc39508e48808c7c097bcbb82e37b2b1757304d41e3aa1b90a064
164 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, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external PDF files, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://jinyezi.cn/upload/51405059940.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/jolavadug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/98896768485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vilenoxoporepanaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/xupodozaxufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34360283027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--90ah6akb9e.xn--p1ai/f/file/wojedamivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/tunuxonoxovepakigetomatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132173d8b8fc---98136342054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orikon.net/Images_upload/files/somovilowudirikufekovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chenruichem.com/upload/files/7796810766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raselapp.com/userfiles/file/78341043171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec31616a26---gejimebeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmottaviproductive.it/uploads/file/zotujunagilosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/20201380914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/xozapiporamuzegobatiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/vibepagilurajada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/jokafegijejazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/39630897169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydent.hu/editor_up/80528320619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expnavi.com/sites/all/sites/default/files/file/2853165985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/42316907053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/80521650162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/82960196207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elshandmadedesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24492169273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325a86179d8---fezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+flash+player+for+android+tabletPDF 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_off0000c534.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC534 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 9d12c8226385d1739dcac8dab7ce586c2c9c317f4f67a2f58c47726f3f62ad95
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF0 18236 bytes
SHA-256: 9d4c0a4f159584c991d6b46befb382d31f28bd273e996a2580c252c32fe09395
font_02_sfnt_off00010d30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1