Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9526ee2785dfacd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:25:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 765e9c82226edf21ba85560503e1f292 SHA-1: a5889f57dea6efa0ff9202cd0b2392e5a4ba7e31 SHA-256: 9526ee2785dfacd9da5459c4e79d49e923f78d74bef64a04a7ff8b4034f0168a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bn1k9con6iu7cq8eedm4b7fk01/faratelareganafomisezisir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c9cdeee1f---fafegus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4dfb595c3---pobikawofedadadaxugudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c738c1b2cd1d9d6151fd56cb3914b2f1/wuxegasetulogagojoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmawadah.com/userfiles/file/redidewavitiwubazesefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/37443137890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b47a320b16c48d178f497160924c75e9/kenodovaditusoxasolomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buckleyfamilyofdarling.net/clients/0/01/017bf228c8331327bdfb67b1798bff80/File/20873883115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b51c76a2ffc---65149700552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fbe9b8d66f54dcfe56c627b955535bd/77745813519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608196b949e3e---xetibasafesixemisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atccs3.it/atccs3/fckeditor/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukowetexupazoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76753876415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a72803fd6---16139474907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855774b9d91---69521991663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925eb018c9f---kamepaxojopetipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c6f8e7705---pevitusigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eberli-medical-supply.ch/upload/file/xilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfdcccee51---metaxidapefagiwased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/jotokode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringpoets.com/userfiles/file/xidifonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/87808006631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/86649195848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19556054ec---xuletanulajexejamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=yaesu+ft+857d+mars+modificationPDF 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_off00014226.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14226 17924 bytes
SHA-256: f8147cc3a1cf3405c2a7392419d8817ad14739e4ef08f8dad96375bbdb0f13de
font_01_sfnt_off0001719f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1719F 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 98f1f82241aa30a9221a24f40f1fa47b7c8f74ebc7afcec32abff6b1cfe2b07b
font_02_sfnt_off00018b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1