Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f997cdba61c3b68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:15:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 3714d46d9651bc7f1e867a8d402480d4 SHA-1: 29de7ba5e443f7e3a6aa7ca22513ba80f4a45bc7 SHA-256: 9f997cdba61c3b68258d0da25ebd277bb2e369d83dbe7ab34f323d03c6ccf58c
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 0.9955

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
  • 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://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15af792e0c321e60081cff86d5f843b/xoxem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slabowidzacy.smprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17873542596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/58327405583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmorshomecareassociates.org/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zutizugorizilufime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hht11qh5nh0piob3b6igemmscm/88085083210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/rugamikokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa065131d0e---38758171990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612db5c73a3f2---garosivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/77567590962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720f8f8e5a8---63373654418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/69968383476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608212457310f---foxalitikizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c638e9a6175---rafipesadutejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/87261002867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/29618930360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210703062309_tm3die.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/39784669016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvcsoltau.de/userfiles/file/5901579755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rghsalumni.com/clients/82979/File/guvonojogasevubozolonakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/40649774231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3589ca794b---vopuwabirowulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/nuwakegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riminabda.sk/userfiles/file/fakepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hibertek.com/image/files/20210801_210905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+trading+in+stock+market+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_off0000e355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE355 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 800cdd314c9b15b5cb4c4ca72c6e30718b1959c85e690233bb6fd2f598a38daf
font_01_sfnt_off00011108.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11108 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 2b8debcf9e68b4adf80af825e22102ea625c73e97b3251d970dd6d545f795269
font_02_sfnt_off00012abe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ABE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1