Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bb2cc00af7d3ad8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 14:33:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d431efb3144ccc50cdebebf38ff5eed8 SHA-1: e28d88877914bc9469e11b19c75f2fc8caab2ba5 SHA-256: 9bb2cc00af7d3ad816b065dac99b2313ecb307cab670cc13858f28738fef0742
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/kijafetesebupezepela.pdf
    • https://inprovitchile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92640594687.pdf
    • https://kenkochaya.com/user_data/ckfinder/files/lumajedenawexemefurudaf.pdf
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/38604125890.pdf
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/durumajunidikidibuvu.pdf
    • https://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kililux.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375970cd889---norabaxasagagas.pdf
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/09/02/file/34791055914.pdf
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/turelizobeva.pdf
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dujimowofali.pdf
    • http://mxag.com/upload/browse/file/towibimonosu.pdf
    • https://kokomanis.com/contents/files/zugezeka.pdf
    • http://immodraft.de/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/93176844166.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a57c6409c---taxefopotino.pdf
    • https://khoahoc.timviec365.com/picturesfiles/fejolixat.pdf
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents/files/notisabosimip.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/bowemilopowexamelisupuxob.pdf
    • http://thefarmatarapahoecounty.com/userimages/jabana.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e7371d582---xolaxidedipivexoxafokelu.pdf
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/zogidenareguresuxej.pdf
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/19375686343.pdf
    • https://www.osteopathe-montpellier-sud.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doretepasuravugetezulapas.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f8b6eaa6d---vobarulugotajaputarir.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=android+10+clipboard+manager
    • 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_off0000decd.bin
6f4ce3e4498d21b403b1d90e82f7c5054b7b280284bd01471e7facbde6681e98
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECD 16552 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010989.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10989 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121a0.bin
40481ed7e63d5c18116dcd9b9b3cb43258a14df45fbc8accaac5cc22ad890757
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A0 10888 bytes