Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9568e8e2f2ccf126…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:13:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a1e30b38c02b781f93e493e6125fef83 SHA-1: 5f1c49f5c49f56ff03e36349cf3592202d78deb3 SHA-256: 9568e8e2f2ccf1269f2c36604aeea6d051ec195fc02b11506cb60f4aa6ccd852
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing malware. The PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic specifically highlights links hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a tactic to disguise malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/6069024282.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1f65f26ed---46684927344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/zinoxibezamajuvomivolutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/sufiruladetulapoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ab8ffd1bc3fb7291e2f651f71769f0e/72019313647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/35076855541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/nugajekiwovire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/xawanimeraxuraxunuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartinatv.org/uploads/files/72951898315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abaff9a741c---22618706839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a76bdf83303---13722280763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/48277796878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelgaric.com/upload/datoteke/83799122349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/31572006442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mousumibanerjee.com/fckimages/file/242602850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/64036747646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bb14946f40---83906003820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bischofs-scheune.de/userfiles/file/rujelopubilokureribubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0oc085ubilqggb0aft6edagsc0/papesifunipovifojafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d14895521---difewavetazefevetulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/67235629245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c342a030f---75100876084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-28/20210428210150144897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/levofivavebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=a+good+hairlinePDF 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_off0000ca1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE232 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 3c3b77200395ae22ee9b65af929f50656c93d0f4cca2b10ffcf0975ecb5a4ce8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D8 16668 bytes
SHA-256: a070bee9238e350439bf6954a33e5e78331f117e79509d9e8b1de6195e62e35f