Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bbdd10b0c19abb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 23:23:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0237f0902f8aea8cfd4bf00f232033e2 SHA-1: 9712487b50f195698d788eb8d652d674cfb90b38 SHA-256: 9bbdd10b0c19abb71537a877b77548419d43606258b44691168a5a28c25ce911
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to infer a malicious intent.

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.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/laah3qpoddhhcd6cksj205e4pk/10077563840.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/8170990449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a80accdcaa---letiximoxidagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/zadorolojovezefofuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketherballize.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29654172520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba9604d646b159d5571a76fe6e1b463/31295129369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/bapogajibomusuxuzugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietgame.net/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210804075237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i49s5h21dgm0ff5hpfti20ae9u/83879055576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6392566478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d38ef0c2d---45514497767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc36c0a0d43---87212381413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f86166b8a2ff4b265e033ddcfcb04f70/bafudemazoxawugazefisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d50da4230---laxuzubaviforasejumejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b503694f1d---99879364033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/niferesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/84006304982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/26186246918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49e0160a1079e0217676df2b00256b4b/tiparakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/107b3b80e06f3e7a661af104d3dc9c1d/50996612154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040713993338a786ee26e01781bea621/72817941645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/86684194536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080905b8cb8e---bezukuduzigene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/069f9496d4bc4165af086529b1775b22/33953634622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a200746b3---52938444480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+mobile+marching+timi+apkpurePDF 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_off0000e917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE917 17196 bytes
SHA-256: ce191280a12e2b88ad9d1cf5f4031ecc4608b1915e8e086114b1a48fcb04b8cb
font_01_sfnt_off000115f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F8 10984 bytes
SHA-256: be88b51401f390b6aab5295b7f37c050ad71c94511a11a3a83b62fd5383f6fc1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1