Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b12d1fe7880aa49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.4 KB Created: 2021-06-10 13:19:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 354bc037c53e61079e416b3ece823acc SHA-1: ab2d33b3f26511d191177a177ba08ada4adff01c SHA-256: 9b12d1fe7880aa49e3379efd826e9a903508ce1f97dba474b33c4e5d65acfe16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting malicious files. The 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristics strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic suggest a tactic to distribute malicious content through search engine optimization, aiming to trick users into downloading the fake 'Os x lion upgrade' PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=os+x+lion+upgrade PDF link annotation
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e631648cb2---furalebekijibajetos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/fagidiruzidutedagonad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcb3890a2b---51961485120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/80969605959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817e77de0cc---rosusejasukapunubidarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc4eb75244---70606223277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a825f25fdac19d8559f929e9c907da/jasemixedigikewugixowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f34bb35e75---75027316789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bafb08b7ee9---fakigafimubizozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/jegumezosomoxawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1668a38786---65486771920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073253c1f8cd---lajovunejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/79425028356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c0khlcm1vblq8tc16dl0dasr5/nurivitukubivizosesamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3flloru7a4k0gajpst0rldslq1/setamolaloxoxajipoweturad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAC4 5224 bytes
SHA-256: d5434f761c4582596330357b3569f8001f6ae340f72efa8b67f78352d84a4bf9
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC98 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 08824a879253201db3d3abf5196797d33db5cbee0ef67309ac8fa0b2f17b2775