Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9be18c26d47f1f3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-10 05:11:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bc88fe1b2c3cd4763e1838ee9d448ba1 SHA-1: 7ad2c35c38f4d5d380fda837de76a1f95b905191 SHA-256: 9be18c26d47f1f3fcc0ecc1378713e69294720097e91156e59c8930a994275ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and embedded links point towards an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content or further stages of infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/vuwogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16a54c7558c0097ce3e9f114dfb0e697/87547211022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/35884400364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/12790006112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/864819b10b91d09a5db1e718535b788d/xafixulazupumexavokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a281cdf581---fodavumogidulenuxesin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eca19f1646---46164938445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3dd0c5150e---57548818248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210616_180630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/titegutilefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f7a798239---lanerisisulipajodirarine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b15ff26dc84a5acd05b97042b6b4116/xezaguratani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/vepagupila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/wuxupilupesirumevumufowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b09b207c52---18296410243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimawimip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/midirezipujebesiruxagexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/46030660301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44709647049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71d7a1f28afd4b1b03a7e3b6f787ac9b/98827285003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3667c0779---kajibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34bb03f444---vemisigakidugewuduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/70255651731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/846a216b16b6817e917f143a7242cb44/maxenaralenonegigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14a8dc4d0802fd27b06c54b5f460c453/jakapurusomigetizuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=best+friend+forever+in+spanishPDF 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_off0001099f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1099F 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 712cd0ae27166e755ba9dedafa1b334d6dfbf5cfd28acd820387f57497bdc0e8
font_01_sfnt_off0001220c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220C 16784 bytes
SHA-256: 7abfde8ec6c61c1318e900e0ad3c1480dfdd14bfc5f4ce69d43d000a1349c48a
font_02_sfnt_off00014da2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1