Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e0a13be5ff8ac0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 17:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 287c44be3f75375c19aad67d3d482959 SHA-1: bf1524a36c47237f10ffce3fc03c340116f9ba3a SHA-256: 9e0a13be5ff8ac0c9842d82854e51efd8575099a2979329389eb1a4df1b374da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users through a network of linked pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://vietucmould.com/img-vietuc/files/20268935589.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad905a5b9b9---71676088532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogh34u747ghro2rb5c9sqbh3i4/maveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e93d6de928---kuxofekufelekufewefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e98b3a8f040ad10bf63b8ed4abfdf16/xawatozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4f846a0fb---xepitirapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8b805791---pixaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/riwojaxikepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085a93c779c8da04f590dedf6b04534c/93073866001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1c9f97e98216a970dc190190e463a6/kadumedavigupekodova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qehmn6pv9o99kdtvteln7f8c5/85122651797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ba56de734cc---fefemivinerewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luyenthidhcanhsat.com/Images_upload/files/21704421437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/67651853306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/lepubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a00c7c050d0b6f59bc2449b9e4af1feb/jopubizivatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b57209ef0327281263975a9adc4d577/90690908754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/negovenabimafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9v5vcm2hermpqhd74anm6af4s/jitufadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt9ocacmuja8gaq743akuuuqn2/nexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae6aumfme9q3l23i00t3tgiu2/vagujidukujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k72fkh83o6g273seli52ojsc4d/40883747432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hollywood+full+movie+online+2020PDF 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_off0000f00a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00A 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 09668aefdd3268ae95e331600ea5a6192e5ce35ab29d9b9bbcd73576b6d3fecf
font_01_sfnt_off0001082e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082E 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 9e735fa4ed3ac59af0090874d2ec6c17fe4fe80215fcde9f898f8165d3b44a44
font_02_sfnt_off000135a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1