Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b782cb0d56763ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 20:30:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 54eb353f70785c43f439a75dbb38ef2f SHA-1: 0cf82542b091c53f4521ecca8206ab87eae73503 SHA-256: 9b782cb0d56763ad1cac6037c7727aa5c1bb283ef52a7cd8d845a2667c972f35
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous links, including those with UTM parameters, suggests an attempt to drive traffic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210614194821169.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d178a89e9d---33382034230.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873f8af2d05---70229524134.pdf
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/51887416344.pdf
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef734ab77d4675a3aa6c6803bf842e23/kixutujarepure.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcbnl0jm81mkt7jvlt2mgclgme/babur.pdf
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76a32abe19162d06d5be83d48925c4fe/zunupisibovif.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55e3c15477ca2ac35af462f74eccdcc0/80162252951.pdf
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/tekovegoketimanaf.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac66a6a520---bapedirazafovibugisefo.pdf
    • http://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/52711877067.pdf
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/60468507062.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/searl2ii5g8h0tb1o5ftbtqh34/kufufivifobevudol.pdf
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/211133952.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/28102847894.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d52e4f8e4---julavimipebekipatosav.pdf
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/betemifozunax.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080624f336dc---71888493357.pdf
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/gufanekimuk.pdf
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021060323332818.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41d2i24giel8q9a055gvb71stg/nulobimuzutugikozewulupe.pdf
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97c61d8770768796a73d05a9fff09e4b/51449061911.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nv09ql4cbpfa0ucaquk0lp0cof/64232499577.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=my+display+driver+is+not+working+properly
    • 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_off0000ebfb.bin
136f9e950dfc654200fc74b8e92304b036e2f0d6bb4e86a5c4dd35aed46078f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFB 10916 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001053a.bin
8e458698f6c6a0523eba83cb1aceb05528ff5e80b1b4ba377f9c2bebcb31a357
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053A 17052 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131bd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131BD 16792 bytes