Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9403e47d8e104ebb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:46:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 605a99e0e12cc4441439690a026d7842 SHA-1: 6039d70aee674698c68ca7c1c17edfa8979ef2ce SHA-256: 9403e47d8e104ebbae8b80dedb46552c9bcd218bef4f404148015f2e19018da7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose seems to be directing users to external sites, potentially for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bien+dit+french+2+online+textbook
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/polosowij.pdf
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedebage.pdf
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824dbbc9545---tukudiwaw.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/91922743903.pdf
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03848ee95276c2e66b0d13d37981694/siwajuwulosilatep.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960eecf0a60---lagovo.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ve64ef4ltsik33n8e9bkqu6md3/gipomapurava.pdf
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/53285122552.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfddf230ce7---5693104970.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6afcdeb543053c29eaafb6faa1c32fc4/riguvixisamigep.pdf
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vadamuputipoxobaxubijav.pdf
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/79611183828.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a9e37bf43---86010357213.pdf
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q456mcq1m3h999ceb7l1n009f4/71604506308.pdf
    • https://landbar.com/upload/files/sobikonalejawozi.pdf
    • http://cymrozgreatdanes.com/clients/1/1a/1a407d8ccac5525c71aaafb6b4664123/File/sojako.pdf
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/31916166289.pdf
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/6105997758.pdf
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/vidiruvevofe.pdf
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8k7t3o9g9pd5thachquucttbh/7383013779.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a6511bcf4---fasegonorofetaripugiko.pdf
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/67651179020.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaaa9333cb7---97433653315.pdf
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tndc275m4hsf11e35fq9o2sigb/52324133526.pdf
    • 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_off0000d752.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD752 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef69.bin
10d9347391489e1ef330edad5614c15304ec3ce1649268c5bef160ce6a892d7e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF69 10752 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010811.bin
9c4191df666f592c37ecbafc89e21388939d1890b13cf34d1f81502f735a30c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10811 17868 bytes