Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9960dd173ac0c3b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-27 10:22:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d950238fc74dd4ff0afe8715352480fb SHA-1: 0428e1cbca51033db51a34b1de9e4f20edaf38b1 SHA-256: 9960dd173ac0c3b80515179c66acb09c234830de406b95d0b58fa06ca9f0538f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b584d1cc1c---68745284411.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://merklink.nl/site/data/ws/files/faropep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/78043438106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6u1nip62pji2uhgq7tlds80d0/wiraboviropowiwasovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59aa2f437fdb6e6da1712e65a2b2568a/24115949432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/53685380174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/kazabaxopavepigomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8l9q6dv0kr7b43mov1ki9k3k7/gutapova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851fb7cf0ec---kegadezugefiletifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/punivanosojefujefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/xezakavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4607ebc822---50385918329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/fegije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/73515430037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2465dc90e---68587369059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/nuloguduvizeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8c388fc14---nomamabinudomapotovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f146810a2b9---22532508736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/58736148557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f447acc60---17770473906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/15993792589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/2782757997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117d6bf5a3b3---96904313526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shs1977reunion.com/clients/41590/File/4402375089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=finding+centroid+of+a+shapePDF 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_off0000e79f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB1 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 974a7c124bf655a3985fdf9fb0e3d365eb21ec5da2fb3c240a1b567584ce4ecb
font_02_sfnt_off00012caf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CAF 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 0a3602579f81598e5b48b99e2a119e71a756f1ad9011a2f9bd0641045c7a274c