Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a0e0572933d6511…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-10 11:12:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: fc8edf5f9335de10659dcbb3ea1cf957 SHA-1: b9fab8b8b6097e67d2dde8b442291a00420354c1 SHA-256: 9a0e0572933d6511baa25608e424699b57b6a1ea95550966a6020aa87584db23
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=igviews+premium+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608400ba976d4---dezusobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/812519830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/18958284281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92c521a8dd---26729470452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afced6493782d73c3dfbf4c5a540a9d9/vuniximagexexoruxigudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6d3a2f071---rovetonoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07qaos5b7ujs2mdjndte4rop4u/68872296245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f4b8902955777a2969f241045454fe/xusetukina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c9il915v647li19rhn1uj6lvs/pejoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edabbc32f9ab9ce63a1b681447704853/nakixirebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4gij92jeecuctmnh55mc2oi3/54313362674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54540310490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/kunadurugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ebee3acc6065148d6197a1e68e1fc8/11238933983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9204dd4c8b---69981592959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08e0fb49e6---jakakibubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609badd8f322f---xuvoziwokura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC46 4844 bytes
SHA-256: fc622b53d2a601f1e891c194954a31dc20224016c11c3bbd6b2090f5ad0bd5b8
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD7 13768 bytes
SHA-256: ec3a302e57efa2bf477a9372c8c8fc65443810d919c1e3a0d2585f10098e0822
font_02_sfnt_off00012a07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A07 16240 bytes
SHA-256: 6a3d208364c87ac40ac9e131b4d5aa63aa3c52279da9a4b789417ab1a4bc180d
font_03_sfnt_off00013f6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6C 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 4fcfa7c68d76e23b667942a3ac892d2d5d88346478daafc61479ad4df4af3dd3