Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b1aa9f0db0bc8c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:22:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4cc704f3b33b85eb62311caca8ab5b11 SHA-1: 3d4f2e7677ff4bb3736aae8862a23713a1e99111 SHA-256: 9b1aa9f0db0bc8c53fa14895f6096dd7f0a2dd2166a61a620b88504b0a50bd9f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, indicated by numerous links to external sites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms points towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alum+synthesis+lab+answers
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20f35a2ff8---57982412630.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60lf6k27fu4lr0rprevhn3tb28/54629469271.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc049ee265---5871321148.pdf
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cbc87a26c---8620600777.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0ca368fef---33153470493.pdf
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/jabasurod.pdf
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3cc5b03a8---sekaxasolunigopuvudux.pdf
    • http://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/serobujufokega.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2ecb39fa0---bexese.pdf
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/49375645297.pdf
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a0ff68558377f75cbc9296b682c94c/94671808597.pdf
    • https://antae.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/34502333827.pdf
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/dalupedufamofimerakis.pdf
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/82115266501.pdf
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/42398214925.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f39697b52---mezapafososazajulepaxuto.pdf
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/18033118215.pdf
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccc236bfd8---12687409933.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/feketu.pdf
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d4fd25b16b31611bec05a410400f63/20723588031.pdf
    • http://jimigubellifoundation.org/clients/f/f9/f96c94eea877db95ad0a8b6fd709b1ed/File/63944327517.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3091gqij7e3jqlfdap033dnlp5/vudevopafoxuka.pdf
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/57694045447.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aad16335fa19c8b6899da7571156d23/rerakedofug.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebqqmffsmnmh7dq87k1fn6bmem/73658590768.pdf
    • 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_off0000e6d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fee6.bin
6bb12b03076cb4b9f52d71adb68b69e054d3f5d31fdb381c42698ad5e5e34990
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE6 16476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129e5.bin
a4165e0458149ed6583280e829a14cbb3453cf11b68b99b77e3ea60aafa50dec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E5 10672 bytes