Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bc4c9fdb663f6ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 33a564a73900ebfb3b461a2117006dd4 SHA-1: 1c5f60f673b67d5176a276fc3759fd3b5a36e4c6 SHA-256: 9bc4c9fdb663f6abd2eb3fa9820d18f3c5f612edf63e71cee0f81b5c807a5114
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simple+microscope+derivation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://concertwristband.com/resimler/files/guzuwomenipixaxomuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/44175084308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdjusi11knemangn1au977rg85/roxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53762634366a79e7144212d43746eb3a/30820986312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/52104350055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c272500c9aa37e5887eeebb3f581786/15984807734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/sabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/pededebiwapovapizidenagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb3a74ef5c8282b948a916f255cc09d9/40490062163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ns8tvf0nnjqgie6p63kkoatov6/13385993274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/44003112991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinyudachem.com/upload/files/vebibutozovutobevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4iqh4hk2qa93eaqpdh1b50mh5/wifefikegubexopejutojixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27a52695d0---bozipagekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876cc542661---19452177088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/89267688265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weighlessthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14473514438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///56907524508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8994e3427bc022f5c92d837b3b69bc3/gefimisirufevita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/89206865887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d05b414db6---zibenetevuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800cdd78b58---32073725489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfa49b8ecb---34089006772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000affd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFFD 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 1fd0eae9d1afedb85e6848c1d4806ba372d4a81fd7b3fbbd945eebade9877f90
font_01_sfnt_off0000c944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC944 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE156 14264 bytes
SHA-256: 356bb57450548b68915bb632b49277cccd2ec960800e57c6000f99a014d8150b