Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dbee4a49199d6bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:29:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 175536ce7514e2bc5e208a17af1b5f23 SHA-1: a93d0f87de4d068dfccbd19686978c1083a7f1b2 SHA-256: 9dbee4a49199d6bbee567c865e27cb309ffff6cc7da161ee13a9e85c76239fb5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely to facilitate phishing or malware delivery. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, suggesting a deliberate attempt to obscure the final destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/3919936838.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karlsbach.de/userfiles/files/81441683252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/sexiwatapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c3770d8fb---xavivajagivalimalus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faf22765c14---18110875631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/1321821307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/nepadodevakule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4a385680f---wedevolibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/10608532104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebhlsi5d48r6movcqecut4g8c1/25616314166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedikal-yub.com/uploads/file/gatobarivejajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61d0132389a92646fd99b8cd451e84a1/dunilefobumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mfouut4p3p03s5fim0u1ru1vj6/nozasevobokipolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/bunazaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/40583198768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb5f54467c0b02b7add061e6b57ebadc/ludodolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9f96a0bb2---98007897342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9c72e0865---21916935355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1912a66fcb413b7740fe377f87b5c70/13676710768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/tigaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/29392546855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb27f646970---41533871441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/wabexojezobozorovoveto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+grand+inquisitor+dostoevskyPDF 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_off00010830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10830 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 373bee49b3fb4935e1b22f5f2d76003458b2dbc7461135969cf71174bbbfc934
font_01_sfnt_off00012122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12122 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13934 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 0ef54760a42d711e645276b2177424af5935e26d31749fb30082010688ad530e