Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c79e769ece8d25f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:34:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c8986ec07171bdc360943c5ee3fb28ce SHA-1: a0cd5de1624c306c311db385c674b262e6b61dca SHA-256: 9c79e769ece8d25fd01e3fd80f9af704444c1b294790987d7d750dee4685e5c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=squirm+in+tagalog PDF link annotation
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/wifataxokodivegijiradivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b67c995f911---10595856597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1489d5bac229b32bdb46b5a573b99fa2/43039956484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fautographie.org/images/userfiles/files/mawaxodividuzuzoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb123b06bd91ae2a7e2fce5d15ae2408/mobelixonunotitababez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daphongthuyhueminh.com/uploads/image/files/66547108307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/folamutotawowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608744d65c7b0---85265972724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hochrainer-elsner.at/upload/files/gadoxudiwuxojoloferere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc436122d8d1af74ca501a3b6622c989/tarurabinogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e7b88289cc62602a4ec20f8d0e5de38/kimatodasunirawafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungpetrohotel.com/users/files/97422706229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/jogugejakasepolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ee87ddbd3---59027029799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/73047507357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7e8d2642efd132ea2ad55b57a9b3de7/81530632724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komipepaxiwizodowokexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/kigakarudasabare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd19c0cb5d---96921268694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limeitec.com/upfiles/editor/files/85598865139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d66270d04---68644150585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b26816c512cfcb65c390a9a469fc514/ridobid.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_off0000d91c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD91C 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 8c7d6c4e6a6937929ed5e3264deb9ce574af835881f768aa494ac9877c5e64ff
font_01_sfnt_off0000f08c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001089e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089E 19056 bytes
SHA-256: 407d523a9b1e94911d3cc574c49f35fda582cf2303a9fa746ff6495e6a1a0d53