Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bf017a6dab515be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:24:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1cd85946e2650916662e0637006109ca SHA-1: 11db3050f8f6a33af28ffd68cb06df1c4cbc9c11 SHA-256: 9bf017a6dab515bea5c0a92b982a0f5fb4d0ad3f4cf3fabf31580d07b5839042
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF's structure and embedded links indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/fumikiwuselo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92a2992cc5---benimoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosininidiponisesozobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/nuzutotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/fesujatorifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-king-charles-spaniel.ch/userfiles/file/86264143410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607868abc7f4e---tepafililorujaxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/xozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/84992482707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5299152a4---ruxikijodugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/94846760619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf2df0209227b9a5c9e6c71ac7d6121c/37899839196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fowero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/worevuvudaxozuwuwevogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/66330104398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/54711326649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/80063395529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c6b8c4285435f5b2cad638acc2ad8ec/83824568495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaienclinic.com/uploadpic/files/xaxowovejumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf1c0198fa---dovegusiwilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0b3ee3908---rutavetinuzekiwetaxitata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/243a3845497ffc2086db324826e660f7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1309314702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrestoration.net/home/apf/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91352852147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=future+tenses+mind+map+pdfPDF 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_off0000b5fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5FD 14512 bytes
SHA-256: d39a82ad2a7b98c2694150931db0aceb3b682b3c2e120895406d7a766b7e46f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA05 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 321ab73a8eef94e84fda422c62a62482f94d5a71f06e2849ee21716a9d1bbeba
font_02_sfnt_off0000f215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF215 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1