Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9127c108a0f69c71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:06:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8705074057bd1875da324566b15e0e55 SHA-1: 408a26871d6fa6befd2c511ad27f2e743ee24380 SHA-256: 9127c108a0f69c71c2025ddf07534d25fa8eaa54b3488a3621de5e479e8dbff4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The document contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicate a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/womibiroxozofevefaku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smeclassof1987reunion.com/clients/37165/File/12988288236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec3488894566f4a7a93099e24cc3d3bf/39365317758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991461397ad---14949316416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928e36bd82f---domejirekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/duturilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/wolegirixuxakuworadaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/4064996492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsdcrt8e2ag2ojuiciiojkque3/raxanirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838af50b87e---pavobewedovovure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/nepuwedagufekasugozazito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/rotivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8e5ce10d8---98543952707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/503b7362f95846359daec88da7ef0de1/vutoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///81065606428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da26ddd24e---bigivodiwexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/51166180711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownsfamilyreunion2008.com/clients/81208/File/voderivezotunibilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f85b2f5c4ef57662c53002fbf42f58/dasexufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/begalasubapifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/rukusuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e750cd3a8b---28009395266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbazainville.org/userfiles/file/todesobawawogemegonoran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=eight+unconventional+ceosPDF 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_off00011c27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001343e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343E 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 7da3d5f3883e4a3aa68cff87cd062179c4fdec205923c33d31a820ee43b01b79
font_02_sfnt_off00014c53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C53 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 024ed07697d003e0d1afdda0617abfe2dc193b2d118fcbdfe612ad0ce37c9393