Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b4944bfcc54cafb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-08-21 08:34:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 60be801afba58b0693a6c94c98f611bd SHA-1: 1590d2f93459f312a031474b999d975dc55804c4 SHA-256: 9b4944bfcc54cafb332fee7330c0beb36bf778fa159be99ab9ac347c590f1ad5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, utilizing an image-based design to conceal clickable links. Numerous embedded URLs point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manning+equation+open+channel+flow+calculator+spreadsheet PDF link annotation
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/40608252925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/xevuditapiwoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/210801230325229752mtgiaeggpahb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/21304018028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-providence-ehpad.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medowurimesexupugiriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080614aefa85---68197399376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a8383ee67---49382103521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/mijolaveliri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iv947vu7jgo473r0v83p3g05o0/69988848469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt9g7p0lj0fs51i6npi43kfnp3/wazinaterevewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/1698007135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/68236300524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3bc7d1a27d---nudugulokutezuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/5241598280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents//files/rematinafomubagirad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/koxitidafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suitianhose.com/uploadfile/files/86021418019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_04A38AD0041CD279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebdaatcoop.com/userfiles/files/luwutiranomomuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/xupupozewivoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/mazuxivaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/95178771074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/durivujaperopele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/79980885392.pdfIn 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://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_off0000b594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB594 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDAB 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 9a1f4768794e48a1c299a91e31bc9684ea6362803bb52b830bdb8be2a10f6d84
font_02_sfnt_off0000e76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76D 13944 bytes
SHA-256: 5d292fbe10639198a3caf74901db8d6cee2acca4b52c1cdb09d19bc6a24abffe