Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a57cfe3b845e50a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:32:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: beea7de75a9b07f465c3328ef33c5451 SHA-1: a4a020edf4212ab663a0520b0057eaef1544a5df SHA-256: 9a57cfe3b845e50aa9ab22be1d5a30a737be7e91f502d86d8d8778c231901c04
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to lure users to external sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://fittbike.hu/files/file/3224375036.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f9157adffa705e0712b7cc120b6fbe/32116890535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxadawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f53b267979a66f99e80eb55e3951d106/45644106370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e37bc26ae---90836220820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/rekodoxokisujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c8cc574553---laxogisisujuzekumoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fijiembajak.com/uploads/ck_uploads/files/nirijafadejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/retat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/bikofazolakoziriwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/70396840886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317f531fa3e---42639768565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soenen-pneus.com/upload/file/6602006452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogabawodupepilenibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/ranebemofitimutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/39131306469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/26141560673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6772939911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fleshlight-tw.com/userfiles/file/7347494053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74eadca8ec---79079768420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78dff272c533e03070448a142b28bf92/liwote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdrjioo.friend-match.com/upload/files/88780725740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/senamisefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/buvesodabuzuratabuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/rudemekezifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=politically+incorrect+guide+to+the+civil+war+pdfPDF 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_off0000c2fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2FE 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 5a3533b1587cd690ca099641a34f3881bb6ffc0129a8c967699def16c098d184
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCAC 17080 bytes
SHA-256: cac462376b63f33f72f362a13920e3b5386635a20b54b7d55cf60badda223a56
font_02_sfnt_off00010967.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10967 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1