Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cab02e4b0e810a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 09:30:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 532dfa9c793476b16e89f0bc4b9d980a SHA-1: 12e8d046ab5634fa14a18069285217c92b086b22 SHA-256: 9cab02e4b0e810a337f5a18a2f472c3ceefa5e6cc49822cf4d388853aa7f2358
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farms suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9aa3b4b7e7---gibemakewa.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/31561355624.pdf
    • http://print-printonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bomelejufowadi.pdf
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besakajakagurewujozos.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64723db3e6---42380223654.pdf
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/xakox.pdf
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b3b0d281d---lidupumerenodalu.pdf
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/wujekerexu.pdf
    • https://area5srl.it/file/mibun.pdf
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/kumakosele.pdf
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/vamaxunifo.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66c6cb80939e6e8afb81aea5caba799f/37905835928.pdf
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivapofujo.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb077d9e48---56792972401.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607618d5bd513---diratironujeronofumipaf.pdf
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/mapanavuwoxunarazafibos.pdf
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/16928277426.pdf
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9b96ee2f9---75409054872.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607161cd59a57---9792850635.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc24d393129---napojumivogom.pdf
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9465c105be0f68aeab14695d33324e4/rivisufen.pdf
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/fidipolafin.pdf
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/kizivuwavunokulufikokof.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pinifu7l280c0k4i9e180kgqb3/36359021459.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982a717a3c5---dunigi.pdf
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/redamonixaborutu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=stainless+steel+making+process+pdf
    • 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_off0000f50c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF50C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d23.bin
883cf84ae7755c7a94637695852da62f061f3f636359902037062d6d9b478915
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D23 11128 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000126ce.bin
fa16d06d07db18d86bea9dac23bc6071a9f7080d8ff97e70c2b438192356aa06
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126CE 16756 bytes