Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ba64c3bb5fe8729…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:10:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 50e977f71690ba4a114e71966764a45c SHA-1: 735450edded9c4e5f8b72120169e333102844a04 SHA-256: 9ba64c3bb5fe87291ab33a95c05eadd742f1b5e6cf0fedb40e8c5782840ad3b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm structure, with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and the link farm nature suggest an attempt to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8f370ee08---gologim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3165c1b06---11044926708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/jipumuxemozulevepomupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/95754510822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6l8ujbq75o79igjbu5uv0qpdu4/95535072921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/surevidemijubusatuwuxazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5dc4dc0b3f---51102187571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b0b64382d---88337824164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/daletomiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd49767a174---vigiwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fier-forjat-valimet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxenemagagipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyshelter.net/assets/upload/files/genoxesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abe8924d5e---foluxobivobipimasuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/kovekegipavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/safojudalin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-2/20210502125559276918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc1f2bd65e---liviboranazaluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/3883255400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/23810786589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicareyou.com/userfiles/file/fevasatugulagegizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaineyranchaz.com/userimages/81630694883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/486f7cdccdc18c84e111dfea00e3c629/74336523341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/fobigisogiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607593faba823---50487970619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e49adf28334---5666947474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=engine+lubricants+coolants+and+additives+pdfPDF 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_off0000dfd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E2 16368 bytes
SHA-256: fd45143d79389863f11b1075fd183f1fda4eea518c832a3f92fbddacec6fccfa
font_02_sfnt_off0001220e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220E 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 73ec268ccff0a91ad9558846f6b899230d9e734bf01d1c35b69bb2fc222fe34d

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