Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d4b10ff9f3b6745…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:56:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8b057d2d5e1c17c065f6212637fe2ff3 SHA-1: d64a76b8784b77f5b11fb14fa4ef37f8b29c0ff8 SHA-256: 9d4b10ff9f3b674582e45bf78c8e959b402004181af6036721721b564d5ed2c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous URLs are indicative of a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/leser.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cdbcc168c---32895311611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k12abivt1h5e5s3hph6a719r4a/tavifogefapufoluzowerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0042no6gb3950s7cn9ulcj9gi/22427010638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/76809137649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/vulegurarovojosizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13e194997f---70736711962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608c05b46dd95---pomoxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88d6jornb4n896jhptocbq6eok/jewaxuwubigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084db48f584a05c114f31fc5c6d642eb/12644563678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4080a46de2c12004baa7485262408ef2/kefabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtdac089kstvqs9hlkobectu4s/tisidebedetasowikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93208692424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471cd6d20204ed76972529459eeb178e/37500943235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/nagidijuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/mevukulefubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a55d3901e6---xokipitadovepumogusawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/2891280454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/35927510686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b306f4d5969---ninoladenexeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/25331944000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqilsofbvp2qoekcf9inrmcvav/90041313241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5o9b0gtkcqsk7tonsvufnera19/jidolodewonuredisomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c73e10616ce212f0d567331a1a30db6/remobanarokesuvixup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/widurodenusujomebipeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/balimewunifaworugevara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=say+that+youPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fc2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2F 9852 bytes
SHA-256: 308f4c0a1f6d3b85d87375602edc7fa09f49ca20cdaa346f7eb59c7de2519e4c
font_01_sfnt_off0001120c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1120C 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 933d616bdd0eaf51d74c4cad89e03f3ff4b5ae3a0c45bad7ee2dd46f39d6ec23
font_02_sfnt_off000141ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1