Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c40173aa194e7e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 20:30:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: fdf6c01eb19c031b5bfea5d69c34baac SHA-1: 27ab02a057860b611d8acf90a581ce3b47f612e9 SHA-256: 9c40173aa194e7e7f6475b19d129e6248cd416e696325617701bb33a5c2515f8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bloons+adventure+time+td+hack+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/41947103091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1cd097bfecd19ed4ea4e1c245173d0/xodoxazowogiwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adas-muko.pl/photo/file/mowaleguwuwugenobumofale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6r5fosvjmpd34trirqrrtm8v6/14489751395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/57787573991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da59084456bd96d03879d0e581d82b4/48477713770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6836ccabb3---40566351966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608371528efe0---35400257791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffdc044819f---nimokalanada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vd3mkufql6og8kkj5817347dvs/rudavawopumako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wkd-uk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4b7f04a57db6a2ede81a7845813241/felutogixapovitesajotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eamenfaraz.com/cache/fck_files/file/falomubezupaxupubinovijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14730083827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/wajelaxevamorapirikirulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/63579807050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e61ab969a41fe43e662d4d9c99910a25/71851319270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/40170864570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a356a44f218---galetezuromitenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/288b1dbabc4b6bdb1a9c48ca0d67d2f1/66490449998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grhs1983.com/clients/72571/File/sunovinuwuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/resobusikexuwatafiwawuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/kipawafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/75367690121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/65596022022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/xavexiku.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_off0000fe16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE16 11092 bytes
SHA-256: c4eb51dee3430b1c6811731d2d84f4e170d8dfd79dafd0fb12365f59e7aeddcb
font_01_sfnt_off000117cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117CD 19760 bytes
SHA-256: fe6a31981a1c12adf7199a2dfc1ea3e7066d705fb1a8b86a5b55bff822d3c9c0
font_02_sfnt_off00014a4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1