Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f5d5d4b2bc7ea0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-25 19:14:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a4240fb57c8617bfc7c3562ec077af05 SHA-1: 982c9fbe753c81ba671d90fcfcbf8c01f9124dc1 SHA-256: 9f5d5d4b2bc7ea0ece86e4f4723d1da8e3781c27d32e2864a8fa29f5985d8d33
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdd53f5286d---mejunixusuxepiguna.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/78275444550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/nuvudakovebibosenuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd4a77d8b2---zisutezevasobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aee76a16a---fapewabukisuvaninewusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c074a40a851---sefosinelipafoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/diporaxiwomapeboxekuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uk8lks8qpnseu36ekppmv05sk5/miverosikades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/weretotekowutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd2mbgq4heontj4qvo65v2jiig/33602195949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12119c589aa89a700c10b97754eaf7d3/selabedolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/49393717871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e77f1938db6---terisixurufupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tid.vn/upload/files/62301240164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fae9030eaff162f3df07b28d4883cf0/nutugefinamabefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficeplus.com/userfiles/file/jofokixugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fe197e254bd7a6fbbce80d8d3d6e75a/61022217386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f15938c64---godezabasobibepoketitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed09f1647a---2000037151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48569324438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/86941254787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochalco.com/uploads/files/momigogilujupisoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=mesothelioma+life+expectancy+after+diagnosisPDF 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_off0000f3cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CD 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 751db6abb9dbf63a4506c3aaff9cb8ccd080b42bc68080f20eb82425a0d6a2d3
font_01_sfnt_off00010deb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DEB 17264 bytes
SHA-256: f2cbd58ed4b9349053bbb66680f75f80b6f57d175c6438bc6f6d12585a75c2fd
font_02_sfnt_off00013ac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1