Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9699dcb17c70dbb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:10:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 87685f29ede8ef694aaa60fb35006bbd SHA-1: a2b9885679d0c231d0b157c511aa2e58a5f82025 SHA-256: 9699dcb17c70dbb1e8965ef1d79de6a11e8dd8c629358be9a4682c71b03e4aaf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to distribute traffic to potentially malicious or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u4slqmhl8p43daa3i95r9qbhe/40702397139.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/99544698939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j59khluqvd11ljr23u7tvc7g10/meganenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d90bd93f9fc779d9d781be1a7027438f/98827052824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/83843574286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75830338316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d382ce1ccb10d68f42a2138264136fa/86438586970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9551215332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/lamisadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/rutibumabekigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/ledalizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5897af4d75074b7a58f5aafb40acbca5/durexajosisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/79396306781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ce7094e5a177f003c7d33f9c8812c7a/finabevafodebanizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/roturakeliruso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112e0796bde3---bozosupemizifabagutalimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df124455820---pidixowuwekisugudiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/61793186307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e79e68a1840---15444493934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcbed2eaf5e7dd51a1414b67a7a46e9/87923410692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06751282b7fef7853f9c24fb3bdbf7f5/63645280932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610424fa0fdf0---pititadefobizilekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zaluziemalina.cz/userfiles/file/susorunitumavisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914e453273c---86581192775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=acl+revision+protocolPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3265a3266bda1a4ba6503720cf656fdf/dutamadonewewusomikubavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c29d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC29D 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 0064c468037d347308c455a37051b29a917cd743deeee81dba17f5c229c83247
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC47 10252 bytes
SHA-256: e87356175469c82ca0ccbfc3be7318271b65cedfd5a42dd201ecc9b3c88520ba
font_02_sfnt_off00010382.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10382 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1