Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ac0a50c02feacc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:30:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7232bb3749371fbf4ae86ddcf2128d82 SHA-1: 99aa773b80359fe9bb2c121f17d92da91791c837 SHA-256: 9ac0a50c02feacc8f4c4e3c6b2bac5ac47b83ac64a36cac64d4aca8a417b8367
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious payloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/loqbmftj3nlk0d57ukl5feigm9/gozutenakunili.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8247cd884---7128891593.pdf
    • http://stepsforstarlight.org/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/54033740146.pdf
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/815e43c34a25aa20a50b7e30cc315438/80092014103.pdf
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcs8iv33h0887im444nnstfas5/togurevilezimujuburebatem.pdf
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afddccdb587088c0e20a20461846b384/66084362348.pdf
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/3083434926.pdf
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761073e8d71---58856119282.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c80d36102---sebijovuwafun.pdf
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3dde0537c49036c3ee591309a01ade/rifoliteperele.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b685daaff4---80068705218.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96672ee6ed---81497164298.pdf
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/19636493859.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76aa9d87748c1bb5500dee94a569539e/29823438548.pdf
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/87626355399.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/49114292533.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968db557f32---19266685711.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd0e9b3ba75469aaf694a7f6f0661385/winiketifubibixobanozet.pdf
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/lokufubixojene.pdf
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/103397521960b54cae48568.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92660881baae05c42c7cc9e9a043f43b/73843926819.pdf
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/30363065860.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbe5c4829b---povekozepuxufenadododabig.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f85d6c8833---28086660372.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+military+boats
    • 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_off0000e00b.bin
bb96b2f6b903696f7bb87841e94af314c84540f3e08cf48af465026198146ecc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE00B 10632 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f833.bin
cc7bf6d11348d2d48329ea2eb055243c362bfec9cd6e30b0b7d5013d1aaaed48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF833 17240 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001251f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1251F 16792 bytes