Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b086e9d7d5bd36c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:45:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: acf6736e6f7e6b8fb235baaf7747e736 SHA-1: 30ba6dc82073a1c390ba6e7d400fa817f10772be SHA-256: 9b086e9d7d5bd36ce57716fcd8f67592a5bd8614b42d1b55a2667dd63f714809
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF documents. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest a phishing or spam campaign aimed at driving traffic to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5c117gq52gs4u585jhiviak7m/jexutolusefulu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005a853981d3226bf869aec01943f08f/70184977457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3c1469ffd---22885476375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/mefoponolavinuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfe234482e73ac38300c6865839505f3/waguroxukujavevijofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/74182786261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f2886e17c6b33ba025c76b756be4846/19110717678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ab5e28d84---31766747161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/kogizujomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f95d1751a0---67742768023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729566b2882---98371618603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyaozgunmobilya.com/userfiles/file/xazoxoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xatomumafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc740f4c5a5---97437240955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5651479904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9aeacaba2---figakuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/rejokimilogawura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc1a9e5490---minesafetatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/kimebiguteke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beliangka.com/contents//files/mijifafifalegedofadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9293f80efb---65586093058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be9e541bd62---72689167567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/senojisodizaposezomujigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/58204423836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/buvifatati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=carboplatin+and+doxil+for+recurrent+ovarian+cancerPDF 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_off0000e9a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A3 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 8e5aaf0e02bf277083f13b4871f38a4a5e1998cb999d7cd97af7e8568c4cafad
font_01_sfnt_off00011646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11646 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E5D 10884 bytes
SHA-256: c6e74df3af950b8c2c24a6cb67a606e9d6e801db9075b1d3e9c617e84c69df61