Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a400aaef942389c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:45:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 22f1a4008fe8bfd346d0ac2a43095ff7 SHA-1: 20b77d6cd8395ef3b98e4b4c5dfacfcae049da83 SHA-256: 9a400aaef942389c5d7c5346f62242fce768f520dfae445a6a4488f583d4c2c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or engage in phishing. The PDF structure itself is also noted for duplicate object bodies, which can be used to obfuscate malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03d2f86149---26603568374.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1960b29600efb844fc72c243b59da7cd/1156437471.pdf
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/57733036530.pdf
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udv0vh3g9a7kpcv5nupaus2fh7/peruxesipirufe.pdf
    • http://to-tuong.com/media/ckfinder/files/bodigetevazoluv.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1lhlv6in0h6je9b6nqermg4uf/gonukulikajuxuxodefeguvu.pdf
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af896c59212---viporibiwosatadovemeza.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a26e670c3---kajiwaralipigo.pdf
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde619e1df1---14547046512.pdf
    • http://armanetti.com/images/munabigujilojoguposotuk.pdf
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/wimekunubupajoza.pdf
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/xoduxiripujutek.pdf
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99a55e2f6fcfdb8b3f0ebf0c8955b3f5/32713799260.pdf
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sr4ad8j3cjjujiisfeh2dol7a4/nigeguwiruwemitana.pdf
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0998a00991a4efce1d85efcafef68c3e/14141538291.pdf
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/lajadutudegig.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a2ciphfcj2jv846kktq56scav/maxolelibitovafop.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822ed35c420---39220174199.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae8158f9a8---lufipotomufu.pdf
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/om980oa1eop7sgp4te2ovqhvgl/94650193833.pdf
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78d3fb201a---85672282132.pdf
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/40727498506.pdf
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/zovofibufesafudan.pdf
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/mevalixipo.pdf
    • http://e-park.es/img/uploads/files/54349026261.pdf
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/43606229066.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=pollution+of+air+and+water+class+8+questions+answers
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ff01.bin
870e434b5e7be5ffa9c823f9831c6ac598a25911cb626532ee3ca33e2e53cfac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF01 16820 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012aeb.bin
48f2d07f03bcf4e11c8e09ee37c8b33adfa9d0efa463f9b4807b500af951ea1e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AEB 11008 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014483.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14483 16792 bytes