Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09ec156a49624617…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-10 10:27:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dab201500a3f4f891361f822b4fab94b SHA-1: 201737ecc3d803e5055040c5b73a44e844f20154 SHA-256: 09ec156a49624617f889357edc41b515d559fb42ae9e6b9f5d87d335669b4fda
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms points to a tactic of redirecting users to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/supasixumegapozikise.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cca4724c28---vuvotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6e125ce6cb02dab8969f8b08ec7200f/378232085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/9939289830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/sodixulifewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/fekilepezofebunadevesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/59511171207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steps4cancer.org/clients/a/a7/a78c374070a178914b502abaf3db82b8/File/futepejaweworeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcf49f314f---13020085025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5831312470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ac175f4aa82b6203454830a8da2424/xopatugifevokeleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4b76a24cc---14943704905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e29a343bb517447bb86e1f2649ae061e/damasujiraxipukuxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/38013722496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b2460d65f---zevabezabewedatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/kejosebemifuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/genawuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcucaytrong.com/images/files/jozugewazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63e5141ab95be3ce7959f354eb2909a5/raviporivuvogekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/44261417343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petala.gr/userfiles/file/75768481293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca6a59d07a---dabamaxawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heritagecarletonplace.com/clients/c/c2/c23aa4fb54f25340752d20cfcff880b2/File/xeronolomirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20695642064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+asianet+serialsPDF 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_off000111f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F2 16712 bytes
SHA-256: c0559a6aa041f3fb2567f18104c5b84deece73d2a4e5b2f5f25e0c1591c55f22
font_01_sfnt_off00013d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000155b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155B5 10320 bytes
SHA-256: e7a87e31b07b8ae86fb7ca478e733ff488b193f6f67364b70e424aa68ad516a5