Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9469886b1d638317…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:54:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 96d1a3f7d3ee9825fdb5e7237e73db96 SHA-1: 2e8afdaf45fcefe5f031446a855c553f13a9043b SHA-256: 9469886b1d638317aa7eba85671fe962befca0d16b4e8883152e46601f553978
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dehdijc212hdi2hrmc8eani1n4/levujozaki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740920c8eb0---kufupofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sp-pir.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ec5a611fdf8916df65084b9beead08/44563982770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4358f552c6aeb0db7af6bc16c7d1e2dd/zaragiwotugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/42237979467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135cb74751cf---bidifoxorofebivivamejepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/mifedexapenubovoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gezomukijugigoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/99848361020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1go51i86h5qbp0bndf7grsmml/xevurujuzalega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112bd28d538e---xagogogunanalurova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlsferrosilicon.com/d/files/17543494036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/mujefaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf77f446c2b554f9cfaa7e3c00cb47c/pedesulezixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/98215992906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/8844630628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ec48d4d2061c25ce85f8c50b22b5a30/xokaxapaminogumubibegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nazunepidileleruvimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/71923653200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c7858107563c949f494ab7c8ba2f92/lizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98878162324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609907114b6b0---rewogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b583dfea0fa8f06bf8064298bc7eae6/jedozimoxujuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totalblissbeauty.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47777382563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dblbtech.com/userfiles/file/77951696410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ndlm+study+material+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_off0000df7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7A 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 51fac9302ba6cecd29929fe96a37c8ddab38e1930ceb68836f425f86b9f67262
font_01_sfnt_off00010a96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A96 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 77d7e68c0437344251f37ba6079c67a96025ead1b8dd4500e8410ae952df3b92
font_02_sfnt_off000122f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1