Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dfe3db8a5f8e273…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:18:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3fa60e20a38504bda5dc54c09183dc28 SHA-1: 923fb13130b239be8b39f4408e924d6531b188d8 SHA-256: 9dfe3db8a5f8e273f6a040892a54318d159dc292c155ad7cfe87a6acbeb1bc23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination through multiple redirects and compromised hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkv3u9453l8i5qbbkdlrkffjsi/zeruwodatewununud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/xebigelaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atrax.eu/userfiles/file/86656320632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca47b5cce2---vodatefavuvixotetinefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889199babe5---begadanezopesokotejeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/14437875509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885262bfdeb---fogifasuwarifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokeocncafe.com/uploads/files/78267308877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa669398d47---pugebimotedaxurixakore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/legagafibekevixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929ddd952cd---vubagidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/20300985440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfaaa.com/UploadFile/file/20210819235536907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f45e47c3781---mekifitexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/22137105300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/73798060077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2534c5bd4ea332c5dd740b5d50b53ca4/92593092279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/37539336164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/25031328617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33npjoubhhpvi8ih0rhghuje54/56446645162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofewukisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8dd99f8383118d028c7ed8739136cab/faboxemugikureve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotterdampools.com/contents//files/lejidurir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/pavajulogovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161255bda7110e---rewiworukajix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=comment+poser+une+question+en+francais+pdfPDF 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_off0000dcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBB 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 894fd0fc4d6c2b4e7eb43257366940cd2f84c4ff767a64852a7d5c4b708e0598
font_01_sfnt_off0000f61e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF61E 19800 bytes
SHA-256: a830a6360c339c534d99c0f94cdfe36cd23ad8bd7cee68875529877bd3a0a6d6
font_02_sfnt_off00012772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12772 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1