Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 949853672a8281d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:34:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 05dde24966e60abcbcacf9f291501ae5 SHA-1: 3591681282e812b5242fde678dd489886103a976 SHA-256: 949853672a8281d0539e2516f7afb2fc64d51430e70d81ea782b635bab2bfbac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing activities. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b24f8306da3dcab391adf5dd16cb60/13889219649.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zussobrance.sk/grafika/dokumenty/62711674258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86572618a7---pikiganis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d0b1f245b---93330428377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfcf15efc0---2165359934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/51095817863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2588334843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805ac91d981---jemuvemowowalewopemumozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210614120445_pag1z6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificiopasticceriabattaglia.it/file/xazidunizigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/vijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9856698b104062bdbacd2c4e13f9e778/72929244900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1u2bmt0iqov42f21a4pl33kll/sedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/32327148989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/22973036753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210730054401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/74444044342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://putzlappenborner.at/editor_up/korujugitudidakoninififej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/xupanasukipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5a8e2e3a5f---tejujowovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medarbindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trvsorb60ulups3b9eavt4nju6/gaborotozekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078240ef07ca---masogazobufepimololedavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/6047597196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3molf6gqunq9fnimedmqfkksd/80465547117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=psyllium+powder+davis+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_off0000d964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD964 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 89cc6591f376f1d4aeabb300d65e3486e4ff763fb168a21368fb856944a5b3ad
font_01_sfnt_off000106f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F07 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 29a67e6909c6eca231760e7f80271f7b7e75840d3c62c93444604eab3106b309