Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b69195ce5b8f43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-07 02:16:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8a3c83acacd8daac51163ccaa61f6c68 SHA-1: 37ff6f74618e79553544a1c86c84bbd1bb2f3808 SHA-256: 09b69195ce5b8f4370daa0dd55856c432fc2a1b76862bc2db91a9ef2f4250fd3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates an attempt to exploit user interaction via malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+dyson+not+working+on+carpet PDF link annotation
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/47744154060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bt4l25ufmgpv0ed5gq3ktv1j2/pizinibuzipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d02dcbfe7---98509818040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/mageradumewawavofudof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a21r14djonlrci62fahn6qq6j/beviwexofagavowezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a58f18fba16c369c4e70b40a833e55b/jidutelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210602205051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pizozejabozipasevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/ruwupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98035849535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087df3fa33f9---3207799966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8117f6b55de70bd0d2b6972f7bf844ff/jifurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4492af0f4---95749028019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607161cd59a57---9792850635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf3b54a615---59832913926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee75d812450---90118998561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/pururikoxebudew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/82582159690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1dae8b844---58403120029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/labonikezetizosuzubuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k51hckslg7per05e4cp7bmlpf7/48569360545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jf1u08ftu3l855gagvo2l83tve/gepulebuxokitomisipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/30624741964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/43238566366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccf2045961---4425362414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xafike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/98471184391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ee89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE89 16412 bytes
SHA-256: d1ed79c47c6c2d177ede3b780f358ab17929e7fe32920483f0f4e95e4cca52b8
font_01_sfnt_off00011925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11925 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 090a329103a198d84bed0857f4a958afefcaa6020b9d8edbfab9c12f686ded45
font_02_sfnt_off00013313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13313 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1