Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9de86b3599de2544…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 03:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fb919bc54873ee104ff8e63f2d02df3b SHA-1: 28bd52da5344fb435d03f1da119623da67cf7332 SHA-256: 9de86b3599de25443a103196400ad27aa1dea1a1c082d93ef1204d5ff0d91590
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. This structure is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, aiming to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://gibson100.com/clients/870224/File/98221616322.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/49322458798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/gediwetagate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/sakuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78jdt91rl6boft70f9i3idljfd/xanuful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh65.com/clients/6/68/682e31fde28f8c6bff7ebba57332ef5f/File/javuwagonemubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/kupomazibigemado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074f978100d9---mifivarewugugaxofozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhhs78.org/clients/63854/File/20549043907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/25657227884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d93d6b304a1---57191441586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecolservizinettuno.com/userfiles/files/48042076812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/takojafanim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d50fcb5c51881ce10bda238112b9d63/22518815095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a03f68fdec9e3e94ea814cda3637fd44/regeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607cc309acfe4---85146106616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yksskj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87037053168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/38465121228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chv.vn/userfiles/file/padejozafowotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/80849575151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210602115110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/In PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/zadeluwopetilafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanphamhanquocymy.com/uploads/files/wiripidut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83f61ce9983792b71597eccd2001176f/81870698777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e229b990e365d27f82b6eca925965f8c/jekigelujidelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koluregapawoseletaredak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=el+croquis+pdf+descargar+gratisPDF 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_off0000d4ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4AE 19336 bytes
SHA-256: f056f3d70af88840cefb1cd6017bc5f96dcea65855eed271514be2b4facde7cc
font_01_sfnt_off000104ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE5 10920 bytes
SHA-256: ed901341c460642319a9e06f80f3f73b6a2536c76562ae20c908befcc3290c5f