Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b26a1412248eadb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:44:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1a2088da297447a7649b37054ce741b7 SHA-1: 593d77e0a216a994210295ff9f7e263cd773a322 SHA-256: 9b26a1412248eadb0efd3497564a95f608943a09caeece6a955cef3518fb8128
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains. The presence of multiple links and the nature of the hosting suggest an attempt to lure users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9399

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hyperbola+conic+section+definition
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/2865293679.pdf
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/61637166351.pdf
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415294e96b4bc64e92788c2bd4642ca0/47140745550.pdf
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/ziripudobaxizejukav.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983a1e4f3f1---zipasobunekexo.pdf
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ua4avm2kncgduagd14dt9b0f6/48927735785.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc66064052---32325772141.pdf
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/73836222420.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77a4f33bfb---24940464271.pdf
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/ladufo.pdf
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/16386570204.pdf
    • https://12tiga.com/contents//files/28121883887.pdf
    • http://privateeducation.sg/verzsape/demo/upload/admin/files/detusi.pdf
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b09b46b6a12875ca12a60102261ff00b/vibisidaruziviredana.pdf
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/52135740134.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce536454439---23132924497.pdf
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add33b0f761---fetuvisi.pdf
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/kukasaguraw.pdf
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/nipugonazatobeselegabusop.pdf
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/limovafowetetepafi.pdf
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9htmbpsn22tm5qs8pbvrilh29/66367451756.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c086ad06afe---biliruxonuwuxesutitelo.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/259f9a0e8608f54ce42a676f0142a1b8/bagebaluleziwebeva.pdf
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/65617780802.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24e86abefdef546a133c8ad8b653aff3/daxifeja.pdf
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/23410919706.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00018b1a.bin
325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B1A 16084 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001a042.bin
5a1f1f785e3b3448fbafbb70e723cb4f7aa7590cd52f1e55a556daaef05f43a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A042 19372 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001d41a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D41A 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001ec31.bin
1f427e0e6da0a9ca12ff3feab4aeba8e7d83c0621b16d7a447e96ce8424cc50d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EC31 10860 bytes