Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b446e8c3d58ba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 03:42:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 528446d4318481bbc4c3094c63646082 SHA-1: 1d6a772481f1783a6c900688822645af468263e9 SHA-256: 09b446e8c3d58ba242c8857d8846fb11af1c814998abb31a278bfa431aa85dee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/lilumugezafiwuvug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/37611912780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biaikatolikus.hu/files/file/26993249131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757ae17b58b---poxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc587c8653---26070324640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c36177643c5e049db0d0e8ff70cfa75/90749559008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenweb.com/calisma2/files/uploads/68592827230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210620040603_va83a2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/popagejajobiforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/veguzowebukegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/48429344380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/koleguriluzodineripobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/13939591727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/50876728108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6629155f30---gokumodubivasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsj4ucjhmu07hnosk6kgale7t2/rubawodixiwulaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovellreunion.com/clients/4/42/420738e4954c29d3cfd02fdb1bc9139f/File/55740358275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62oa0449hui9ddghrhgsepj71a/lulutijatojuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37f21e11b968103e349ff0d6dc8aeba3/3365961629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60f99e7d79---32846183703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c1561392ad17a39182296befeb9772e/fakiruniwipexinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92dea11c87---bumalewalupotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easypayindia.in/userfiles/file/53069101269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamphuctriland.vn/upload/files/sesewivuzexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=activity+1.2.5+mechanical+system+efficiency+-+simPDF 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_off0000efcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E1 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 0bb700bd19073f4f661ee0b64665529214ec9a2154b5d5182ef0058e7a2aa66b
font_02_sfnt_off000136c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C8 10948 bytes
SHA-256: aa2b5705a724933c3025c75a9360b3d2e8c9d2a842eeb4421c070a7328551bd0