Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b515c6ac36abb64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-21 14:54:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 28adfcddd8852e631c0890bb88c71282 SHA-1: c23d5578ddccfe94846458649bb2eeab34fcd59d SHA-256: 9b515c6ac36abb64fbbee582dd05e04cc573d117287777c97b6cc6fbba52cf57
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or potentially download further payloads. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a tactic to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f5d98909e---84568715002.pdf
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/datunazajegudokibap.pdf
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/55848214377.pdf
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/gijevosovekajevusuparow.pdf
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/36240106410.pdf
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8742f8a27f4ceca2e9ff5ddab029fdfb/winekefijobor.pdf
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3ace989a3---80118826672.pdf
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/28053158565.pdf
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/39943404318.pdf
    • http://michalpavlicek.com/uploaded/file/69970631865.pdf
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oe0gkq16u6tmrg4vhn1cplsbj0/75579940669.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5e9016d1af59951fae9f90bee6acbc8/vosuto.pdf
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/kesasog.pdf
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/47440023334.pdf
    • https://dienlanhbachkhoa.info/upload/files/zawusefuk.pdf
    • http://bhs76reunion.com/clients/e/e7/e717e6e8e39ea4daeda922698d41f3c9/File/zadiwonesekubosexezoxeme.pdf
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/nisajukitupaxaxomukovaw.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4te08lrrh0oksktf7cf8mr923/jisaruwukowizulap.pdf
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2ed74be2d718422592fe8361073096/filugukubijafikilesutun.pdf
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foxup.pdf
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/fuxokumevomiluzogolitujek.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b851e2b2017---76423914955.pdf
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/13179241082.pdf
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/38558435014.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=depreciation+on+computers+as+per+income+tax+act
    • 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_off0000f19f.bin
25d781ee90aba0730742904c354cdfc26756d3e0c6f1482a1f58a5668b7a168e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19F 10692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a2e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A2E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012240.bin
9e39a20a0fa29eb017aa73ebc1666b1ce6b589a8377ffa26410cb40cf68ff8d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12240 16820 bytes