Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91637e1323a99184…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 11:28:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2607845afbafcc7f74ed2952a6f3c23a SHA-1: 8fc800c01099dadd66281566cbe66a6e24cb7f31 SHA-256: 91637e1323a99184c3eb6b94638ded8164189921658918ecd986eee8670c7c7e
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 CMS upload directories. This structure is indicative of a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9813

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://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55159248387.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tqmqujmh3lqba9jp2v08k726b/63483765875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94d128d3013407329b506077471d76d2/duxadebamuzetenojulojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752d5a94c02---92038903448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ra0d6smfomo5h52g9fot37upap/pivemepoxutelunilijodenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/53615816589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwrapcarspa.com/upload/files/voxagokaxibajokunamoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bsfg6dh8rnb08igk7q98h1cfh/sojururizoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/puxomifuzelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs//files/68511762978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/xotezozedefonomewowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091cfb07e0c7b1b33a0f88896099c04f/vututakewidubenebewamewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/37603180289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be86b9e408---mokigesinowafiguzudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cef337e130467af42b7950c508de6457/21506025852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e2a9f15c6---94942396891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nu8ntm83e9lis57ngcivo3nr6/jovemuleluwikasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cacaaeef9b---mebolikusokado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80c24prf8t749jnsj1u0o7of57/jenemofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608541a202847---zubawejodebabosiporopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9c7f204850c03cc6f72c694535199c/moviviratul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/838e12880812606f9e94d03c8eb9546e/97834089181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+meant+by+multicellularPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000116c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C9 2656 bytes
SHA-256: ed19619133756364714dc69e147d37a86c98e36f9e3c6f7e3719cf09e5da6220
font_01_sfnt_off000121ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121ED 17232 bytes
SHA-256: aef474bd1292c1e690c531cf46f8d03477e752b808306fc9e3d04b2ca582726a
font_02_sfnt_off00013b6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015380.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15380 21120 bytes
SHA-256: a64c68e11cbac6abd1c905434e715f6efdf97372a13e34992f67fd0dfc740811
font_04_sfnt_off000187cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x187CF 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 1427b3275ff44b86c68c912b2e6156e067cfdb1d246c9264c1a60823bd54d434