Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f67425643d4c964…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:41:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5990d1989b04b12df58df0f4e8a905be SHA-1: 47dae081ad81d812b0ea9f15e4f07aac6ac417f7 SHA-256: 9f67425643d4c9642dcf2c92397d227ceafeeee54affee3c1b6cb03a3bf2910d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links points towards an exploitation attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=victorian+inventions+facts
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/633e5ba828d5d8bae1deef1eee72f56d/1247608440.pdf
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/57647316657.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798a31c62e6---pekerew.pdf
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c83b0d683---bulujopivelu.pdf
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/tijusokusugozut.pdf
    • https://laserbeautymachine.net/d/files/sexeduw.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ca8590cf9---78597721392.pdf
    • http://thanuyentea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13183861660.pdf
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa1f1bc5b5---bikerufugozojumulezoro.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a13614f54---fipebumobinajitidapexusa.pdf
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/zavoza.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e929ae2e75---7591993203.pdf
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/fewerikedotepifagug.pdf
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpmpc2k46ffevasl5c6rcnt59f/xogibetakibomifafir.pdf
    • https://mednet.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/34505147513.pdf
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/5940664211.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608724aa9cdbd---47435849241.pdf
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/lixivikifulimusuwapud.pdf
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/89318102902.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjdibbi2qdrpfvf26k6vu3tknr/zarenisozesajeze.pdf
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfe3d96f77699ffde6a8f69fbcf63cf8/numaraxidosifez.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbaf9e630f---gezelasojulubi.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b307ba7e77d---bikidigubitagapubemus.pdf
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofetaxod.pdf
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/kopomufef.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efeb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010802.bin
5f4a93192603c011c9d78f65d834b147c60a8e0516f1a5479dd85f6915177ab7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10802 10320 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f75.bin
bb183677218882153f24067cda12c74ebbb013b1c3fa1d301d414ad81581535d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F75 17412 bytes