Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9017bafef06d19be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-26 06:12:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 869b3712296efe70f6ae6062cfb2f067 SHA-1: 661c9c57c15485ab5fedccea41b5f950be04b73e SHA-256: 9017bafef06d19be055515add6463aa6338a04faf2e1626ae214fdc84ee12c0b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a high number of links pointing to compromised CMS uploads, specifically WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing pages. The presence of numerous external URIs and a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78159f0e033321ca4c6506cf2c45594/maxudafimexovozotosod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f59d8ef0c---88288181568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/77068068998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/xideler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076057b71e21---51214680006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/439c044055a2809bc794113d2c9125d4/xuvodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfkqpiddjp8hfdse01l2h59206/besigezifin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b6e7300f6---15190368781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609749c537967---tesulozegogadawomapipez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/ferozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/pifuvifagimaxapulele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b52617925---wibava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/geravolaxilorifeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/zarakolavobumusupapejepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5f0761e1e719193e2400b90d8ee8711/tidefasolipatopekunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/32462204626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooclose.eu/upload/File/40248286845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxhsbl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210630_144319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattleteriyaki3.com/uploads/files/76085329947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasciindia.com/firetech/ckupload/files/gonixavojevokakuwuwera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73102366649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d3767d1ab---wamefeparojanarezekufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecda59f3e5f274950a387e4c791eae38/7259740163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=limit+%C3%A7%C4%B1km%C4%B1%C5%9F+sorular+%C3%A7%C3%B6z%C3%BCmleriPDF 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_off0000e864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE864 11268 bytes
SHA-256: fe19a9ed8fec3d0b1bd7f0d86e705c2556db7cb52a31c5d2dfe615d4ca811432
font_01_sfnt_off00010162.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10162 19908 bytes
SHA-256: d4b2dfedfc69899318fb03534b8f49f2fb22621a8e87b03ce0037d9f235ab943
font_02_sfnt_off000132af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1