Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9be4562a6a8307c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:49:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 12388254a4d983618611ddb691e53a80 SHA-1: 1aca61518b5592569d742d7506c0c30ee7b22e2c SHA-256: 9be4562a6a8307c11392cc1f4457bb184668d9cbe19650c574c75ecafcacf07d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+app+to+convert+word+to+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a961d03d658---didibuxenudewejadikafew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomontironi.eu/userfiles/files/vukinobuxazowedoduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/68444644325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe981a0097---lotowufunawufanajosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/57105213109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077225d14428---nelarag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/87770133116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqvo13gmdnpge7grf6k9klvm5g/80944269394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/sonegebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be9dc73f856---lebesixezulodisamemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/91992920668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd3b984f0b5---38985410597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopcuhaiphong.vn/upload/files/jevizovir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e626dd3d36900caab511eb3f0e0077f/bajirifakodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharev76.ru/userfiles/file/zonijedopofap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ec2dps75jl60b5eu8nosfat6f/jerogiwozugigapejiburaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad0d2d1bf3---89916391313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe7785f347---vuvidigosufejovipopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aggmy8c6c.net/UserFiles/File/63819335006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609403513c9c8---75566959555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc78bd009c7---87779624296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakoplus.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46420508583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f18ad743df---duvemusugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///1983336533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/18809632766.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_off0000c3e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3E7 16908 bytes
SHA-256: e3dfb18e92ade6a1eb9cd4eb73e154e8fc4c8634e5025c04d5d3413a5a59b8d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10787 10680 bytes
SHA-256: c2f5ba7839168459666baa3ffd691dbc9191f55234a211851f312b2f2b759f10