Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bfbb340c6c5d6b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 10:11:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: dcbb08340e4aee388a5f9c12cb7894db SHA-1: 77be1c335229093d7a47c83d83a0fc7f4dfd68e5 SHA-256: 9bfbb340c6c5d6b1d8d55c488bb5a02ee3ab8652370cadd1727355708c673934
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the presence of external URIs suggest a potential for JavaScript execution or a drive-by download scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xonunofemeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lombardpruszkow.pl/local/userfiles/file/kebogijatusimavegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/43568769037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89229151690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/54776977436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd2e6b84d4---gawejoxupowejidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/28503475351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b4fae9e8034c0afabbaaa2a21fd6497/66987919389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/50624736932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/69783896552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be003dd54fcc77b5d8792a76ee88b1f0/pedamefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/fevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/divibewojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac74045baef---66701797083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents//files/33663709509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4eb2e4f2c---dugerote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9f29adf0a---pixuxuzefaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltprof.ru/userfiles/file/lenumewibimomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95f6080388f4f7916791d81b21d4129/53653900481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekaplast.site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43861828163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/fizozazarusomufoletuwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/70860742701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/vobexeberaxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ec8effb0c96f22927d0207ba32b6bdf/samudize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=shadow+fight+2+mod+apk+level+99+titanPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF544 1668 bytes
SHA-256: bf7138837d25ffe35b4c5bf8ffadf682a3e1e07feb8e3847d3129fe55cc51ed1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11546 29092 bytes
SHA-256: 1c1427759959b155613e4dc0791c33e1c1ec28cd0a8d266959c57d0f35351168
font_03_sfnt_off000151b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151B5 11284 bytes
SHA-256: e315bde31de6d4bcf95d01ba610361d277ee79671bd3a67201fa8166fe7587ce