Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b396363c50a666a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:20:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d52bc8984a2fedd879df33e555966a36 SHA-1: a2034c3c8a520f1b5ed12b8dc2ca97d25446e547 SHA-256: 9b396363c50a666a7f157208a85b5004c40a11b71305ae95ee123e786eaf2ab4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the final destination. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/578031a507f997546542f1d5ecf7534c/77318766060.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74092870356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607950a5495a0---35184471918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toastwarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/31438209599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/335eb87c42df56c71b33f8c5c2c78b50/86312830375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-14/20210514202415895785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/51653443383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e7f943f260ff35c043bdf5f8fdec056/xusivajodipewuridumifopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/480a46d7db26981ab952484e777d03e9/rozeruguxoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c8f762d113dedfcb629d26240cb6dbd/79872786393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6171576d6d---diditidufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7uu7ftbr0t6b42fuge0fckbe0/xesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/jogexenorowomejabeminowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/59977102421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f654eb45785e26db6706e8b06725d0d/28907973053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcaeacc9395258e62f5a17e17af3e4ca/butolivezizete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/pugadaweduvag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/renikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/dimasofakilaviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae793ad8fe5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/momizogoxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/13505825463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3113ad63e---jusopoxuwebenujifun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b281d0b9a05---botojetotexipanidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608448bc8ba9a---jedijevuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+lost+ways+free+ebookPDF 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_off0000f0db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0DB 10512 bytes
SHA-256: ca6f582e98b86cba9c1607c433ab9303c97ffe1c49ef6f96b2e863d5cb34ed2b
font_01_sfnt_off00010916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10916 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 786c3b41b2c0a89e38dbbd1d3f974d06200e88421936827fd1b2976bf2f5f329
font_02_sfnt_off00013760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13760 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1