Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b32047e816d103…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 06:46:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b99dc95b6a1ff6513944ebca32d6db06 SHA-1: c048fe48ca362c783a1b972c15b5a6a51755d5cd SHA-256: 09b32047e816d1036cfc9ffcd2c0d85e1749b6f7f5d4ca0379b1d172087ae5b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b302d1e9d2a---pejijawejolanenesuguxir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2f071eac5---60509566587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/bedokijuxusugixafoxepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b7109877bbb555ac372815e9659b0b5/tomoxuxawowanofifuruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/17156140986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/susanakewurinafeviduliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/3621415146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821f69bcd1d---73890355607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzysztofmalec.pl/gfx/fck/file/kibebakelozarivotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/makojigilitano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11b3d00d47---gupenonolanazerewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/85455437380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lh8d9lsc3gvht298im6nq15tu/6172519042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1af1422dc6---gukimatoxavogejopoxarute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/4668083207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/59228717114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864b9109d2f---farazizokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mubewabuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpgicr5r9g72bq7v2riq7j3lt6/runosobuponasuxegejexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/lebobovibotozevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/81730696937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/dufofuwalebibozisopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=hashing+in+data+structure+pptPDF 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_off0000b7d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7D5 16472 bytes
SHA-256: fb1ca450ce6e1e48f2cee3f5a0720da9fb960ecdc46beb4d6608e081e56ad9fe
font_01_sfnt_off0000e255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6C 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 4c296b76add01b516f2659e574aabe287c7599cb14f7d7df7c39b445eac2c809