Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bfa05c5bd6ef45c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:41:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5d0c7c9e189209d5a04f0c2fbf57fd9d SHA-1: e70d5d968d92271476dd938f556a2823dd3bdc86 SHA-256: 9bfa05c5bd6ef45ca3459db1c7491e054bdf7debfa2239ff56d5b4aaf46f62d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, potentially leading users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ba958cc6e---wugosuvalara.pdf
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/69385168610.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a37fdffd5---pojafenadivuvozezi.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49cbfbfab227d6ede123b3006b6cc39f/vufenodezazafovotez.pdf
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n90teehiivpburrtd3b5fuua9u/bazuvovawej.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fps0m6f4o4gv9521h8ghbtrtm4/38167617806.pdf
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vevuli.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608075b54658a---xuvagalituxivaxuzixasi.pdf
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/74925448841.pdf
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/93969604801.pdf
    • http://armanetti.com/images/midenolomafowoxuropavi.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1299ccd01e1efb3ffe3b3a57cab0600e/1966824666.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulco7ftbrhsk81u5er3scvjve0/72462776564.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/25864658853.pdf
    • http://oxigensupplies.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/zoropabukapi.pdf
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/xokokozuriwerux.pdf
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38e6fee28a2defa9c9f16d3dea68a24e/45579736950.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f4d891276---25577831378.pdf
    • http://bfcy88.com/uploads/files/29994991987.pdf
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21994393885.pdf
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/muvif.pdf
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/nerugifew.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=persuasive+techniques+in+advertising+worksheet+answer+key
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e322.bin
bd756292c4240cd1c09ed5301383090136736d204ee479a989386f5d738a7e1e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE322 11208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcf7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011509.bin
a7b733671f452be79a16339220934b43524090bf7104aec98f5ecd278a2cecd8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11509 16520 bytes