Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b7a773f8a175dde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:36:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 527699273e878f0d3c90b412d5d5c37e SHA-1: 4a633cb686ca8f475d38e38d2289da27d2459a1f SHA-256: 9b7a773f8a175dde9cb58fe815ef65007e7353dcf329fbc1e0a9b9070828246c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm structure suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://5uempat.com/contents//files/wowigudizilerag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/001ms7397puv683lhnu1ad5ff0/lirivigagofitobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c740f07ae20---wozofogipokejedolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/nujapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b98c4458a5b8c19b860930a6e9af3351/36367643356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stabiactiv.com/userfiles/file/dogujuzakokixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/vozufugoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/segasubunanadugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb4cf6e55c---67785141498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/xakuriruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/75820255737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k76n065u8fi2t0ouia49lljrh9/pesuxovuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae088c49e957f21d74df49a26da1aeb7/72506670956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb0b90c73592d4a12d2d02078b5cc1b/66256230229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/3642441896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d17755d7fd15d8556fc5ffa9433ff10/nipufejuvutamezojagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd53cfb24f3---92770240602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24428262579104aab1be0d831cdfd8a8/58233322243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdnpbdjdqnq99iejosj6ihfpm6/pabofijuwilajumuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/godogorabudawebisibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bdkln2gbt5s84ooqc96pnju60/99159683773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6dbc2465c---94858841464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=mesin+basuh+manual+tak+boleh+pusingPDF 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_off0000db89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB89 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 50f9fe142b2343bc7f3a35f8e8608e35e2e8c72ec6f0776ab26ccf7e580a5c63
font_01_sfnt_off0000f471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF471 17220 bytes
SHA-256: 9cf66b4039f56e2573e6f8b07dbe1d97c53c3b2bb55120cc423587cd860b00af
font_02_sfnt_off000120be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1