Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b7a0af4b1f30404…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:41:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b302689b350573e29c137abfa22faf18 SHA-1: 7cfdc290eca90741512a811175912a57e4a39438 SHA-256: 9b7a0af4b1f3040445ca690c4607942fe8941185b1f5391fd8a095944ee1798d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm or distribution mechanism. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a deeper analysis of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/mudujabok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/bitebigesogoregepalonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/59771221191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5fb89960fb---65342020686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/93819641707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f194e8f0f1---nasotagakisogodupiroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrgqn27io558n9iae7h5smhfrm/20082955475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24bbvdpbh6ightihg8piljuc7q/likisovenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51583470863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fbc015ee2---dulikulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741db0b4200---vasofefiselit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec9778ac0a---54529749505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/rutududiripujutanafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tviqoe9051e4nn71hvk3lholie/29068510273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6605b5719---21939931974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/63782110762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876779520b9---fevoluzejuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbba02d46a---6885802183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b1a479a45---bonefuxuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtq4rsijoi2jh2kcs3hpcg0an5/83705923460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afe5425f29---43162331079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rghsalumni.com/clients/82979/File/65420941633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-6/file/15153540698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/37296455125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/22304707919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=filemaker+database+templates+freePDF 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_off000116d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D6 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 6af684b7b3db6c4085ffcca14d8b8cdf13807a49a585878a43787dfec1641b67
font_01_sfnt_off00012eec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EEC 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 3dc6dd584359e12d38ea26c9167c544b97426ce33b4756a2ef680de79695e801
font_02_sfnt_off00015e43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1