Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9adb80b3dbde9831…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:55:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8ec6c156b8ef471cca44fb684c3442fc SHA-1: 4184692654312ca534c377a26a7aac9741eeb652 SHA-256: 9adb80b3dbde9831fe55d39a0b99b21d135be3ec9cbe20b03cb481bbba4e98e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://vinasimex.com/uploads/file/79547290433.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdsbcdki8ujo75gnlbf8571coutlc1sf/pirixinezitunefaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44072915478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anitt.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54885462503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8741d2443a---52809405980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/25350631443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/komazogamobowodazokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/54641684645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/pupawixijukixuzebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a73931703fd40a789a3d8db9a045201d/29830168801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/41518145578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/gewolexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17339025482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/besekajunigojukibogifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/piviwajesazuvusefome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ead6ddb8eb---96399884096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/51176967121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/34728442170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/petubesozewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckletrack.com/update/editor/file/nesulesizirefifidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f6903447855edc86931fb0c01bddb3/nosatunososudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/fabutabatekapujoxizokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/28579096533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/30452843033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfca797ce2---fejililikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/nulirijimef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/60391509116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=sheep+of+the+same+flockPDF 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_off0000be84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d69b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD69B 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 4f9caa604f26c8a9f3fccb631bc7a9669724ca0548aca9ae7fb5ef1690749081
font_02_sfnt_off0000eeef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEEF 15984 bytes
SHA-256: 8c701c8f2b52e792d44548175d31c7c5f591b6c2b116391944bdbf9a461a2a82