Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d0b5de5ecbee61b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:31:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: befbcde178a4adfdc3223e7b81fd022a SHA-1: 2f4e5dd3cc948da610708d1048e0812821a6f504 SHA-256: 9d0b5de5ecbee61b8069543414c07891857977908bcd30c928db717378a74a34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9809

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+sound+travel+fastest+in+solid+liquid+or+gas PDF link annotation
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dab44db08e32178edaa2525ef04a53f/dukisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/kuminuzavakadegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075efbc633f8---54610125063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06c08b1994f81c5c6510be2dc54e5ee3/37982018012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850af46df2d---semuzojipetogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/88173097662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/5553844536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cc0de6f4b7b34851ef6e1abbac84297/14726121081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608913f496245---6205307614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978f4d1c6e84577da7adb2cbb56ed4d2/luxovodafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/61037942444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/numudiketilonurevunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08db07dcf2a84cfe65ffd97f19fe8d97/laxuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607235de25fc3---81915421094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72960c5da5de92a8a7596baa023059a8/xuxixutozabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f372306b736e5a4b47d480c802ba5bb1/lojigatagujike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607232b0ad87e---6742752425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22caa41160---mutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/supusebepezopazobujunedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343014ecf388f5e4cbfa2546e2066ff8/xozodunoxalejugejakisuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/56858567558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803eb151d31---tazatoworepewivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944cc6ceb0f---98617148953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b69b98ff9---tawekuwuzatakametem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb54e721d95fda5b08040ff66e08be69/52004563087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d3ad498f612ecdd84debb07f86a0652/gejanotapatipibumezixu.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_off00018395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18395 20588 bytes
SHA-256: f1b0e90a8e7a1248e39944f0f99cc8c734622f8010314695da6169a715714156
font_01_sfnt_off0001ba2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BA2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001d242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D242 10936 bytes
SHA-256: e5a4bb2f8919dca470a66f9c751c07d7b67cfe12e5dbbcae43f2cb6e9f590e32