Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9207fd8f08550a9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6e96b9167261404a906d8abece114b97 SHA-1: 3aa10ef8a9b738ce514f5e23643539c72fef3d9f SHA-256: 9207fd8f08550a9d02065a43c022829041ed0514f0d0fa809679c7cece840ea6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and numerous URLs point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b4j38qml5i81k2b3c16nhukts/24982603059.pdf
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/wufevasufu.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5uiclokpls49sfp9a13onhed6/basedepewinupumu.pdf
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/23997150677.pdf
    • https://ultralloy.net/upload/files/84666612067.pdf
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd931b09fbc8980dad96e35e794c5c27/tanepanivirasumebamixep.pdf
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021071906075173499.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa19cc17915---81492592128.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95a0443e73---wokakesab.pdf
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25602209379.pdf
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/36133809441.pdf
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaregemug.pdf
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04bfa19bb3b67ef3878e3fc2c6c8f512/sudodararagojuzuxukolaje.pdf
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eca70dda9a---fegekasijotanubosufoda.pdf
    • http://coss-wynn-reunion.com/clients/d/db/dbe3622004495b304d8703879a486b7d/File/zepitozu.pdf
    • https://matrixx.lu/images/61630432194.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8ca648a58---49944986814.pdf
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/49202581898.pdf
    • http://auto4-spb.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/vevasusezuwek.pdf
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cac16077656e1a4f6b7896afec925a5/36522133731.pdf
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a500da34450---73221778578.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718f90d662c---40671951789.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=suntouch+floor+warming+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca3c.bin
cdfcd1c91fd74a5c68ae63d1470b7865be261890c074f20d9eb7a599864cb5b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA3C 10744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fae4.bin
0c14fd324924573b4786d5a46558e5b5b65b404c0a93c7bc8764fbdef1e2799a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE4 17104 bytes