Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f910b65daf21846…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 08:27:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: aa940cf7df792c2a4f73d6fd1c70d71c SHA-1: cd2411c9bedc48a0e96df8d7816e446ccd342e5d SHA-256: 9f910b65daf21846e5991b704c40979c3a90bbfcdfcf58ea5e02c63c3b98029e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wet+hands+violin+sheet+music PDF link annotation
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/webapozuduwixubiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/sojavumiderizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fa4a08bf66---34245297267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cfcb05cdb9---patusoluvavawakokibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd09b0603e---22807372058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reginahajo.hu/_user/file/28863523255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613efa811f604---libiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.com/contents/files/99446568894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/zotujewokiduzufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/78028863779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/puwolipotatuxotetoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekejozsef.eu/FCKfeltoltott/file/94767618277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chsins.tw/uploads/files/202109210227373648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upaspor.com/resimler/files/98037472564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/93525781555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70410114807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/sifamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/gigejivogevoxefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sky1981.com/asset/uploads/files/vekilogepigenuguxekulurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/nedudulusirurufozusuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swatimishra.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/17547591266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/95632593360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/64762425110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carmakers.cz/userfiles/files/labexofovivutudakesoreve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smogy.ru/files/files/pexokodezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.ru/d/files/borasozodil.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_off0000b0a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0A8 14028 bytes
SHA-256: dbbef50c56a8cd0537a78ec8cd664825757f7b8f28057890d51c94096d2eac07
font_01_sfnt_off0000d341.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD341 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 17875584ec54846cddd55c068d71e12d29821a9e51b08fcaf8456426c510cd7b