Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e23b2e85da31298…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 780cf633ec02db4b69198ff28ee7b2fd SHA-1: 828f2ae5b12501b54bc02b316dac7d85706e100c SHA-256: 9e23b2e85da31298c41802c8dd8a2266de61f1dab95054613beacee7f95b1c87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites, likely to download further malware. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this phishing-like attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/pifer.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9856e220c1---sasuxubedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c105b87c30---97576172175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/tevobotusajukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/71870316844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/65098424805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/vufijuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/mefibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaijn2ue1u9853mic5tro395pv/69917640215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liur-krd.ru/userfiles/file/47019051418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8190220995f4ee4ac0ca4ceda1ddc04/rilimirodabozuvabike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdps0ofmprm3epgm2ohaa1eoo0/64682023816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8b4ca6f8a---wokilabife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/tisabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb28d875a1abef3f4bde4b6816fa35d/gedatetibopugufedikebavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostavkaturov.ru/files/file/vuwepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6036131127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112918ce3f55---topavimerakemowaxavudeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbb55a1c2c---29065783027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae7d9c1e05e22b93ad362993456321f0/muvopipojoxarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbc0ba54f50---xeluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/koxifemexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/50481359409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954f1f151af---nurijakobebedepeloriboset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/moxegerive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=papel+milimetrado+a4+em+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_off0000e976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE976 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10188 19308 bytes
SHA-256: 5853e5299ec1f031ede6ff804b9b08e70a04d099175e5bc2a6de528f221ad573
font_02_sfnt_off00013395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13395 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 8e12b919b8c8148ebe6fa10d153c123079f5de8225f54695e57dcda41d9cbd3b