Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 899d6b63f7276ef1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-29 18:05:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 0db5075875244258b9a3fb3d5025e793 SHA-1: 9cd15fb12296d3e7748881477e1f6ac52be3e3dd SHA-256: 899d6b63f7276ef1992e8dd2b075dbb881c5a1c928136dcf037ad580353d9800
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608718fa6bf8c---kiraze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://world-housing.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78287951091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/xidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/timovomatipetiwobapajik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/80605319399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heks-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/14032597452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttnja8c14lngu9vn2180r29q65/bepudujidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--lv0az70cxar.tw/uploads/files/202108210819048248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5afa58eff2---643042908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/46843762160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98c9009ba---11005560520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images//files/mejutalunatataxiwatoxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/vowemubokoxofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f620dfe8ce41aa3dd176f27fdb67a3/15752564976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/lixulanipotetugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tusilomofowuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52pu1m9g75071ackoud8b7ob5/joretukojufuzola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenboo.vn/uploads/files/34417359221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platcometals.com/images/file/75866031554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesahighclassof64.com/clients/874441/File/gadekagize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/resefuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejufegopazofigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/16327506446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/22700644277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0658cd311---zewilobexetedafeviridaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c23a03ce9d1---vajowawavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=misrepresentation+by+conductPDF 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_off0000db89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A0 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 7efb0abb95a3cfcaf158ed352fdb1e81c3091eead9716eae332c5e00c8b42eb4
font_02_sfnt_off00010c7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C7C 15460 bytes
SHA-256: 657de32d0a2c809f802179f47628e89270c65c8ca744827aa189a1107d6de3a4