Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 263e9e0cd17a34b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 9b78145f63eec3a4828cab8e8c36206e SHA-1: 6b28bb7df5731b4053530fbcdb8bb511c3baed10 SHA-256: 263e9e0cd17a34b758dfe8dfe9734a475f75bce0c447cd5ed6ecce9e7527585e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly support this assessment. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/828efd124b1f79fc8bd4eae3c2be32bb/jutipuvibogiwodab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/mupebolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e260eca7b2f41badb0e0842f802a6249/matuwuratozubiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d1d6d1889672ad590093479eda9518/59680168202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cc2b91bfd---3291990726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enfersalus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24291147867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/xadugokibawobekemiwafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/36018966015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/31617487761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cb34a79b4---79142429481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20b35d8046---85069899511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9d01a140c---41777232107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979ccc9c9aa---zuzoxojajagefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenkochaya.com/user_data/ckfinder/files/gedorewogetomodaxigogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b33c90223c58a0cce12fbcfea05c5ff6/betamexujabirilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d6a0f1771---30231564172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/lisozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8e7cd5534---27282853183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/gomopizivixowesane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1c9c9f4b66522c8b4415fcfecd89eb8/79482841374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35c0ac9d7471b001adbbf5de3fc063c4/1336209564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58710707510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/gunumanufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb1f97f65e---duzimapawurobonizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=soil+science+textbook+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_off0000e726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE726 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3D 10760 bytes
SHA-256: d348b620344c5cec0b69875ffea9fffc7b98a94731a603ed7f3518642b8b10d1
font_02_sfnt_off000117d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D9 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 266c765cf752f3938954c36bd93ac35592c6221a21e717e99ad4c7a259ceef8c