Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b9727ba167290f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:10:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 72fc89097ab582bb0bfb91f30d61c064 SHA-1: 5f1622ba3d1f7f9c5d1fd3cb678d8a071becd173 SHA-256: 09b9727ba167290fa7e4202f27cb6a53d00a01393633fc0eb642bed72f47e9d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b918a9cea9f---degefowoligadeferulemu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/14200068958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andreivieru.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28384047140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b88421e29d---binawijivagikovirod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/67858687535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petersonspann.com/clients/3/32/32c4b2f41fa698b5b938e848169c8dcb/File/tawomasizitirevavibolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/93860757952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omatsuri.kr/data/userfiles/files/toredaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/31093709489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/potemaxexanusededipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b36fbe5a7---visajewubazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovesinigenowoduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a80c6e0d2eecdf075e6f7f5e8e7795/rojavujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjt4f7qn19s39qb634jerltg93/mugegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/78693821954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99843198234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d551a75da---57847970282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/18070641200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608819df4b4c6---84938950860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/posibawapuxazono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/59628668341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrqj1q6ijhcar4f4hmq8pap6pp/80628792360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/37938260927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=iso+4413+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e89d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AF 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 7434309ecabd32bb197b2bf4952fb9661565237d9919cdd38b8610652bf3488f
font_02_sfnt_off00012d99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D99 10640 bytes
SHA-256: b58aaf2c1acfa4e566acc902ce6fcedc7416ee7abc407d935d7d30f9431171f3