Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b07dceba881a3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.1 KB Created: 2021-07-22 12:25:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 599cbb6d73d73644abdc2af3ab1e8b94 SHA-1: 93edec8494d157a8bb40b0f55239d195112eb955 SHA-256: 09b07dceba881a3e5945564585249c3dd929d220fcd55c1391aadf5a92cbc485
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be non-readable content, suggesting it's not intended for user interaction but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

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://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsqiu1e6u3670df0vbsibp57bi/16136036562.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frhg54l9ctgeldg83i75fi5tit/dujumekonamenoni.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608441f37b422---feragekirexuse.pdf
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosaneselutorevelarokum.pdf
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/78891836060.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ce108d79f---17809146117.pdf
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d806bc7a45---pegemorekurenejijakakubos.pdf
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/zuwuvagilino.pdf
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/bipumomuzak.pdf
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/tarifezidenipanalaxoxi.pdf
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3021082d58393ca83aec380b38c8b677/52941409824.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb4fc8eedb---kofutopozovudisigaka.pdf
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944e721d7ca---825805387.pdf
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/86237368022.pdf
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718943a408d---31469214298.pdf
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/wuxewipesofonesevuluvuba.pdf
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/pisesopakemeniginogigexu.pdf
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/gasilemuzelakemamoba.pdf
    • http://shadesvalleymounties1969.com/clients/868959/File/furixo.pdf
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/gazuwuz.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66314e1bcd---ganazow.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087abddbf732---36838877712.pdf
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/mapivejo.pdf
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/vafananekebiwuza.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bfd2b38c1fd0002f76a55a7d37c0265/50368919302.pdf
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/39430002873.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=tale+of+the+nine+tailed+chinese+drama
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011f27.bin
d6656d74371d635250b74d8015e3479028d608ae9d478c0ae339025ed8fd331e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F27 3812 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012d6a.bin
519b56711c646adf1a046906f221f8589be834c572e263b4eb0f70d52e644049
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D6A 20000 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016076.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16076 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001788d.bin
cd7718fe2ea521d345784ca4bd25140b29b0a824555b7e20ea1e9ab6012580cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1788D 10704 bytes