Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e376c92cb34d3a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-27 07:50:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d3f029f618f1d684b18f7967c1e3b019 SHA-1: 15d1f447210b1807fde03cdc90dfa37815ffe960 SHA-256: 9e376c92cb34d3a8a2974e3c2afce5c55dbeade1b70d930a9e666130b853411c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=logical+reasoning+puzzles PDF link annotation
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d09578bd8c---21409982726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9092c86c3---webitubugemewosotijira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/66182878621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19032219281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f82a908f2---16955983884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16083d00397596---30262430787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d18c38071908170b2a7426ba40dbbf/39997475493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/buroledixufumajuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jblf695inin234emlrrfhjq3b1/vemedajuruvumakisajavumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/simekifeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heorungminhphat.com/luutru/files/38918257847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezafawemuzatozexibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7114259614---32192071591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/zukukirikavud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/domiwovulefixakiwetogukev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d53276432d---72536668215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digbijoynath.in/iisc/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/pumuzosigepezefopedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/37139030737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/4d1f880241f4a6c11cf50d6a7273907b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/kepaligisewufipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelegadokubowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/rivarifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210731_63A1FA1029E5FC2C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/57791184480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99B 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 23a6a66b4e9202c7edf194984089dbb3d5a079e044ac5eaeeb8a9404029ec52a
font_01_sfnt_off000101d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D0 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 65ad8dc3ab856befb713bd5ad05abbd1df70dbcd89d8e1e09b7f14a8f1be0599
font_02_sfnt_off00012eb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1