Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9da06f895b42351e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:24:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 920be26c69f51e6e54a4de1b88db5acb SHA-1: 3719eda7c6b22c1b61a2fa919a111dddfeeaeef7 SHA-256: 9da06f895b42351e77190773a0ac22f8a85953886e7165fb8e4bfce9db5bdbcc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a high number of links pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a deliberate attempt to host malicious files on numerous, potentially transient, locations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload via the linked files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/zupilalexasarefe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/842c4436baf5bb077fe19435a8537b0d/13809128618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/wilarajajowamifubokokeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/misidade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/58885782643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80493059468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejusafapifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/ladutujejefolibebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokeocncafe.com/uploads/files/79614051399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/27146408644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hdurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/jokugutobuvugujezepaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.fr/ressource/site-image/files/vetejorejibesesonigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2634437385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activsport.ro/userfiles/file/14175383438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136da668deae---44117248288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/57015516921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/73505175962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zespolbahamas.pl/zdjecia/file/29456874258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/26772376747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c853e88e29---73823556483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/xijebojugidagoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vako.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/26460227528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/tukinetikozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=nba+2k21+myteam+locker+codesPDF 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_off0000df8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8C 18852 bytes
SHA-256: 871971602c95e6d74015ff1c819a18d35806021dddcd81b1204a58100b62e660
font_01_sfnt_off00011149.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11149 10832 bytes
SHA-256: db908072a9eb420966c6a902082f1b9dd9276e3004645b5f6d998c2de9bf2142
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1