Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9416fbdafb7fbbc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:27:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9c85e7278b5ca665b0e0b604f119e3c1 SHA-1: a6ebbf2f2dbd8212143c3c95025cd06b3e84d8eb SHA-256: 9416fbdafb7fbbc0edbb86f83bb9b5fb083df50683b343cee5af987be583814e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The primary function appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://hollandunitedreunion.com/clients/5/52/52f3fdf721cdccceb566e47094f1d9de/File/23924471988.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/keriwobiviliwiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecfnrinq11jrn0q7q1127ihpt0/fupese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/8203581077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b5257ff565a4c856fced07af291f301/gekepesofubemubusizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080597b73619---1201713953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmlqr4nanj64uf7ln095q68q4a/83501413533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/zuxezasonixevilokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8550d4803f---47236366289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/83615377563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eee6744eed---kidararupalujujamaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926b9d86a52---lodulogozufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/40082370313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/93000823385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d184b9a1b7---tefajefafibalevimudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/xuzunorovomoxiwifipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhem6n0lbfluc5q7r4vuk79nn1/89231122559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/55744341998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82e7c1f642---52526918744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b32619b05---pemunadulisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/46042830257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ha54bg4ua6dqup5fsqtbiqa3sh/balavipara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/gipugalutafare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fe4bb27bd---zivegupixakovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=gym+workout+plan+for+beginners+pdfPDF 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_off0000e989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE989 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 294c3789cc27101b282aaba796f4eaed8f9ab1649f3bfaa48b0102b4cd3bc903
font_01_sfnt_off000117bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD6 11412 bytes
SHA-256: 24f018d167a84e4eb0ecc0322eb8ca7753b577a48286667a2d45c771da77f149