Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f361b5c2dd37391…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:37:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2c35c9033ab3adcf711e8797f4662044 SHA-1: 9a082583b8f101dcbcfcf505b04a281974be5313 SHA-256: 9f361b5c2dd37391ae499f48b7d2c419569b95a023edfed835299df6450774ed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV and an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites host PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage attack or a phishing campaign designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8fhnhh2mf6ub09ckaclqasqni/23185587503.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58ca42e947---mopobukadizawufutinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f66696155---sabusukewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://douzonebnf.com/upload/file///14105213855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/66233928669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec1d12940223cb69f2b6e8beaa04fec/79137113700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/tonuwitid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210728000856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/kugubatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piwerove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/210630170844643647ldvcnc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4c1d1f17bc---dogopoloneleled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975fe652be1---wujixokazagikopotato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2559a505822850c782bec24f86d92c/tetenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/50983871882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/59602957845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasaguresiliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/57865379610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b059012a8e---zixogekupewelepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingtheturngolf.com/clients/9/92/925d9bae4ecf380f28dbe0e1390c16eb/File/79813371141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987e4651447---61078694010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/nugegipulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsalumniauditorium.org/clients/f/fa/fa32e32112b7cad64a7d7e78b95ed61b/File/81610610682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/difoliminegetugajurapote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/12568401290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=reporting+orders+and+requests+exercises+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_off0000d5bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD2 11140 bytes
SHA-256: fc7559a23477a0b6592612e9bdf38bdff550aed4f98b07bbbd9696c322fd915a
font_02_sfnt_off0001077b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077B 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 22c05173f5e9a241304c7b0e77b4fc0b2111cc604975979aecc9c331dbe8b4eb