Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a330c67aa601e6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 14:21:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 39645cbcb38b90366215855a6d872105 SHA-1: 0a08c82ea0ce065518a113e4fa2d2c43c5132df4 SHA-256: 9a330c67aa601e6dc6adb2c890d854156968170dadd0595b88668eb7703d2f3e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, leveraging these compromised sites to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+starcoins+msp+2020
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/59809036556.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866de034591---wutomegigasisijiboxura.pdf
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/39364900505.pdf
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/jilowezu.pdf
    • https://andana.us/files/files/59537241686.pdf
    • http://sofia-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/40300845071.pdf
    • https://alev.az/userfiles/file/fezixasujejub.pdf
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/31522419553.pdf
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1952399659.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25cd975334dbe0a376f4625f6f24441b/bixilekokarovamelereriwo.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pah0vpak25aaohnsuahsnuj3t9/zamemunufini.pdf
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/molef.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/lotifuwuvukube.pdf
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f17ae7219b---23879502237.pdf
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aae22be5fd9595e162f8b66d582c9f9/25422729842.pdf
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7shvsg2j3dravmnbho0dferugj/gufipujowipetamiros.pdf
    • http://drive4smilesquebec.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/11367457636.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/345dab9f478e872dcc34aed72ede59b3/rirokobabumerek.pdf
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8un9volspvpu7r9ptu2v45odk9/93911627238.pdf
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/12728615049.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee24d55e2983c59c4b20431ce6ae5cec/xopuletixenajuxewafufire.pdf
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcf67db0f6---jupozavemunopaj.pdf
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/suluzajoniboxa.pdf
    • https://conviviodihera.it/dati/upload/file/mideladagiw.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8b4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0c1.bin
a8598e82aaab153f49986fb2cfd1941435ad50645feeb6997d0c25166f241f5a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C1 1988 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9ed.bin
99a45f9585a88e9dcab08c75e84b443196e5244a9c3fc7408076fda751be27b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9ED 11096 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000113dc.bin
4de45dc93de0beee8f37158c31e80cb5f8555d6b5e2f46c10f955e21d42a1c50
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DC 15820 bytes