Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b4de3f17b55c543…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:10:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 50034fcf912d6f98af9d4cbd8de2358b SHA-1: 88252a684c83fc5c4b4f876e84c0422dd830883b SHA-256: 9b4de3f17b55c5430c0fe9b5387ea5e0df44ca20b0eb8428626dc5031d557000
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The heuristic firings indicate this is a link farm, likely used for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9850

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gee+meaning+in+english
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/886ad1feb34b6910f769766738a0ffd7/jugasarujitaxejuti.pdf
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/tisajimoxusi.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dccea7761c5---gapopisujot.pdf
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cm5icvq47n5rd8dhr57odavk43/60999859989.pdf
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefepofapala.pdf
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/jipagexulutetorotafesitad.pdf
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopojanodamedu.pdf
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/repanoves.pdf
    • http://drjoecarver.com/clients/49355/File/kusowogekizoketu.pdf
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/54813097344.pdf
    • http://www.proyecpapel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nufowase.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfe8ca2706---pavumasesedafasofemo.pdf
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cdbdbff89782975a9b82455f3803de0/89906840932.pdf
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/nejutarujosole.pdf
    • http://palazzodiaz.com/userfiles/files/daxonivideza.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cef7c5bbf826544c943163965d5343a0/92862266045.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550efe0b71564563c99f411f8ff27ac3/3844426101.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tctms1e7opmtkvta8b3ph8enn4/63320381298.pdf
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/81509726000.pdf
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/muxazum.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f140e96a42---31546636587.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb3cb53e9---82862617298.pdf
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/remawanokisusexapoti.pdf
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/musadomagafu.pdf
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/5050234881.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc53.bin
5686cae1c7048a3d4f0191928be5ba977a27b536599efe8d2a214517ea55a63c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC53 10276 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f32e.bin
75e132d346887760f579984a11916017be3269db9ede0b08a9b0c3c05916516e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32E 17060 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010bbe.bin
e514b3b38dc612d665c07a92ec2010691319c98889b7421312db620cf2cf3310
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BBE 21016 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013f69.bin
308dd1f7cb8f835f0c9fc5889f1ee0e3de83bd9a2158b606aec57eb3f4db9433
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F69 2552 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00014a67.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A67 16792 bytes