Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fd9757484e48fa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:46:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1a88aac4b6e2ca074078b4887c630ea2 SHA-1: 0df9e32acc89b9c75b877f8c47b2df5ca2d303cb SHA-256: 0fd9757484e48fa09485da99d95d08af885edb92c3b26a07743a225355bb4fe2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to other PDF files, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. This behavior is characteristic of link farms used for SEO poisoning or to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/60008141207.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deleersnijder-bocaege.be/images/file/fonibinobakakimunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myqself.com/upload/files/64109301600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssujaxchapter.com/clients/83257/File/daxowisovamef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ee0996651---kidemufazimoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210720095351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f1d271017---giwikidekipin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g14p0bkcalv5i7f7ulg5nj4c0l/64134602623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhousehotel.vn/uploads/image/files/gepewatifuropiboromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telmeed.com/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanaboruriwawijufigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seo-methodes.com/userfiles/file/jupatanigajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c406ac75b---43448683254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84666764616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f74f6de7582---juwazodogigikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/nibipanujuxarumexirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816a7240d34---29740954174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjm1h5m6i0t90uo3qiofcd5nj7/97453105151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/27523319289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/21710691682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instandee.com/Images_upload/files/wisirajinosirane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/48546058069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/juxokuwosefovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3b146194f424a5e6a904a99f56c6b38/51502781892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608696f472044---22614202779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=jee+mains+last+10+years+papers+pdfPDF 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_off0000b2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2A0 14524 bytes
SHA-256: 7a0c3f52d8f6b070ab75d7dccd616a8ae9d9e62dfeacf83c911ec149c5c31945
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eefb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFB 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 513962b4e7f75a040ccdfc482dd3066a01f5aa69963c98e1d3bd07bdb0f3def6