Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b9eb9bac58dfeaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:04:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 46af1ebe63b7f56d24f8cda6811192a8 SHA-1: 95abe40e9be10041fa24c7d1d035e301dc1cf7b7 SHA-256: 9b9eb9bac58dfeafee2f00ebcff8c05c45808c90838db08044321bd99bf5aa94
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URIs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable domains. These links are likely designed to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/xejifenudunu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf88cb106f1---41778428106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jat39st2hco8ro8fr0douuj64p/xumuxupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/savumabopejaburoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb1648d69d---73440185094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b4dd8fce1a6f4850ce02ea6f6c8d19/jotekawimugifimavotimodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/jarenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a381dafc83def8145a9a77e5bf97a20/namizoxijisurevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17a1e31b0a4c7d2010269e1984d4aafb/tulujamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607587eba0890---gixavimufafemodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/zabutufipezepazowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905b49a2735---tewiji.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/dazajemaderawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/2081791760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnti8egcnv4fkg01kei0qtqeup/51867787774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de33ad93da2f740894e947054ce9b82d/lasadoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54a491759e---45395605364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m6j8fkf1jae6h1er4n6grmul4/95414192599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/42453943812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f25f03c0beecf5109453e3b6b650d57/zoguligadivojuwekope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/77462048867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/94964147117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdff95190b2dfdb8c4e7f54ba4002a13/64858133941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/defepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qaed1kisdfvc36gfr8nrlae9o/wazulexeduxudapafilajibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=weather+anson+mainePDF 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_off00012048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12048 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 783ed8734fb5560499021c0806ef53d6c9f22c4e9f335d857204787dc43d043a
font_01_sfnt_off00013766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13766 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014f78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F78 17524 bytes
SHA-256: 356a1b1d90a368e6af1e4ddad059d2fcd5260a64394526c68cdb45b592e9b99e

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