Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0409a8839538e0fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 41795ce8d3a5832c1fc955aed8606d77 SHA-1: 0db680c5898404e80aef2e3d51a070093d448aa3 SHA-256: 0409a8839538e0fefab37f2c8f2a816d02294df2ce780532fd4a0b614f220e4b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users by directing them to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4fcc39e6a0---jidisimidatevowoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gld3a21vpb0tg9qal42cumglig/bamizuperasizuniloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d754e786747---xovuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/81359230323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db259625bc7---digimupolimekaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///vexusiwukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3779b24b7c---39927250500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/dabijibufaxogufimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/jagat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfpp4cejl92f04mtv4jqjint86/berakerolexivitozopuvutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9423532089---45589376162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/5180129063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38a9c3f0469d73cae56e6d3f17bb53e6/guzojexivalitugukodezopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apricomm.com/userData/board/file/70838777843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4c0d34531---83441327668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/66532903473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsagame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/56072867445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094319156a8b---70389540588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbe093b618---kevozidirovotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a52c993f6b---mapobelasisudukimaxazeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/pisozesuwefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c8ae152a9---14453300766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=snake+tattoo+on+hand+and+armPDF 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_off0000e52f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD46 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 1e6e0fcc11c02d76b6ac668fb3c25f4940ad33792c37f06a540671debf9f071a
font_02_sfnt_off0001148c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148C 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 124717046d04733d3a5b03563f2b1addafca8d9102f9a9b23af78e0f9f685767