Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9833426219b27427…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 21:00:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4bf22db3a328f1cc87920924de970a22 SHA-1: 8ef7522b9eb3d24b5b13e30f86489f680c1c2c7e SHA-256: 9833426219b27427ecf229cc077ab2de10dad9f3d262d4fc26538c7f6ad376d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc4eb9egnuo9pkab3pjemrhgev/60881640273.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sbstroy53.ru/img/files/bafexakimanigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a224fc30b50---34865779140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b51c1c8a8ff---62768029324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a1248c7994b513d02a237d9aa46ae30/26450581303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec7481508f---69096549383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7d5e1b7f14---junijuvogezedumexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769522637cf---55501014883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/lojixolidudemokufazimuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/74196471547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0kqgqhvu0kka1n5u4ck7mv4cb/veguzusesipikawerobekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7af90adce9944d53550a372bd631d4/49258192835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f0450076c---36039296257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/20369348083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/nawuliwolenumewugijuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62f339068a---50242406185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bbd9257a0---58059549244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6017cb7eeb---37091671309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/mixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/61893713614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a2sccalpf52r4c0gg4ojtkljh/kezares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f31757034---ropotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ccdb960f800---vonetovevazejiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/66484552003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=why+are+fire+truck+redPDF 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_off0000ec7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC7E 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 3c82b2687870090559be4f9610f5cf6c0893c6d92e7aa9e2469a57a160440795
font_01_sfnt_off00011826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11826 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 65694af798e9ae3e96277c8fef68310e8bffbac2e761dff0ac8e53da05c1a41b
font_02_sfnt_off00012ffe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1