Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b1373c385c1b60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:18:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4ba57b2f367db7e415878a30f2bd9c37 SHA-1: d6974ef3af12ab61ce6790f92c7ce81ac1c25b88 SHA-256: 09b1373c385c1b60f0234b8c318d03e1cb955ed7806ea766363727a417cb279f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, primarily through its extensive use of links pointing to potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggests a redirection chain designed to lead the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f81990bbbf1---10466111428.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jss-moms.si/upload/File/sejeropapobefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2e58a5ac3---genepasezibodoxodixupofex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/dilonawemivanoledafika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10913946186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyfinz.com/userfiles/files/55846614287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stapper.de/sites/default/files/userfilesfile/vezedafisenonujokijudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/guxalesejumelabosuxajore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4602d1b4a43770f0ab8a68f1d94834a/3594279931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f292ad181d01453f6fa1f47940f5f4c2/bezarogiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milkyway-vn.com/upload/files/zezepogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/19186711356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svg1rpsuglilkg84u13al5tro2/68193568019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74r9v7upc2879dg4la1rub1ca1/2454882186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenixfalt.com/userfiles/file/bojapoxuzawikimefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portableandcool.com/files/files/jivewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c874d9bbdc---2228953699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/82923681459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efa9354bfa---ripavapadirubefimebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igorodstore.ru/files/userfiles/files/resumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661807c03809f88c07df40078533854f/tuxoxebigatirikijul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfsslf4de27qi7gflq6nadhuk0/gemino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837f978411e---19167806305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b23b448654---20597123914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sketch+app+tutorial+pdfPDF 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_off0000f21f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A36 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 0940186efb19993e5733e93dd4db5559d8d5e2c7057142b6c049918396a3de37
font_02_sfnt_off000122ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122EA 19168 bytes
SHA-256: a355ccac31e1a29a2c156cb064d193bf2270e78b5b7c4a67426947075c90ad52