Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09771e0c89a2802b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: da8bb213e5dc129717f8788b10ee3732 SHA-1: 909d4be76cbe6e54beb33d9059782aa308520a61 SHA-256: 09771e0c89a2802b1d4ca05b9ecdb6ed9c2334e179243b0798429d88bdee3f61
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations used for hosting malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ga2adh7o71uk5rbp1mvrbishn7/telekobo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18297c855e52c2df98c0eada4727fad0/29104256994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/47447337926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00c197f794b99fcbf57ccb5560233f40/zomebuxumifavivarobekixuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160cc6d3b27b6b---36929841377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t905nd7176nd8jr1pjlt6h2dg2/masekibukisavutufelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/22523894655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b6895aa50b1f595ce5bc203f522680/76980263061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be264301e2a---bewamavojid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd1e1a92d93fb6f17f23ce5025e79d7/wamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c97cb3f8f---19416514619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a566f39427b---15731783953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/kusaguduxukinekajikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf36edc1113d5d3016c5cd6de5503fe6/mijigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/tijeneralekatixigidizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3b18b39a9---34939192459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r190ri387g0d31ek9d0nnhuj3e/zilusesoniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0457d8896---bojusilawuladowiwokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca550e6d92---41194231100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39cd3608d9fedbdb923ea86b313f144b/65127889490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608befc7ed525---24965631115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804338518a9---jalitasofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+concept+of+global+villagePDF 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_off0000f617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF617 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 466d3ed7eb253af7e4c0ccb2f526d5d2d8ee29952b5a78ce577fc545f95ee75b
font_01_sfnt_off00010eee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EEE 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 37fd2fe8c94b9266671b070791754d926fed7afa3dbcc9eedf864f01ceeaa71f
font_02_sfnt_off00013c52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1