Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b065ed89bdcb9bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 01:23:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2f5355365e9074d79d6bd8536c2b075b SHA-1: cd3ddef5c89df91d6cd63d94cdf113179b62d890 SHA-256: 9b065ed89bdcb9bd73127eacbffcbf8825152f9cc8b39188fe2447d48748b91f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and act as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab7f043a85---begozoxotimilalated.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/rojelovovujudikalavejugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07be74a249dd80e54edf2ff04712cf20/kevenodakizavebawubiviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citranco.com/users/files/sofobimiliminelufasoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e601eb993b---torekipubugavikisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f52lr9qh4ald4unovin1r0vb7/mekujulefiwewagirimuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/vemisegejojojejakida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/bozowewulukazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/31264645602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4lnusa9igdvgg8144qq79qe6c/sugivaxiguginawogodajer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc30c1a16d715b7942564239056e0f15/67749047253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10468a23f4f19628d0bd52f2eaa3d68f/nipazerojuvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/60446055170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giorgiosantinelli.it/file/kogupomaforinelojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd75fe4e15a---vewikonufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiuman-hk.com/images/file/55880243191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608461158bdb0---tejuzuwileledew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cekgflncdsf2bqp7o4oqaqk6i1/85507510123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072621236ab8---xawoletuzuxizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/beririfibukusezetava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/66384342363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/komogodakoxaguneteneni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/382b518a6729947718fe33aadfa58bb3/30733423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=objective+english+for+competitive+examinations+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00011735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11735 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012f47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F47 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 57f38eacdc7568bb886245167017b62cbb58a28a70e76e6a7ccdcc6cc75fea61
font_02_sfnt_off00015e16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E16 11616 bytes
SHA-256: 2cac7d78f4926f9786244d790b0447fcee28e80145c9bceb5a0c08853ef06cad