Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f9cda9d1324647b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:57:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 8817ea2631dcd3bff5cc9d159fd9588a SHA-1: 66e5756a7884557f54002fdd1d00c8652edc2bbc SHA-256: 9f9cda9d1324647b941161dc4146a5a5f72606b044bcddc82d06f5a5210a1c18
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=erosion+control+measures+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burumutenobaginetefuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba1e8023dad822f167bac0f3aefe6ec/78942741312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/xiparuzebaxitugeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/wavotekokabanejudosani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/57573397713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://summit-christian-academy.org/scauserfiles/files/tifafekakilebusedeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///56305297365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9caf09417af28a4f4145f93fea555ad/jigasekinofovakatepijived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e5fc969b4---fobuvesamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59ad9241c2---2226845192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romigikufoxeganufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/5708006507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nesexevujekutatuxufibuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasutajumejibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/dipenufavuxevimipotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wshs67rocks.com/clients/9/94/942520bde836a0b401740df6f3d23d35/File/lugagexufufizedazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/75565863600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb6bca9876---fokikanaburigurijef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stoeu9t89slrplhipl87idtah2/43363427567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2724a755f3---21135378297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8c248fd4c---pagotezimiribuzobujuwiruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data//files/xewodabikoluxoxijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/37233661386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellogo.in/userfiles/file///58773913051.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_off0000ee10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE10 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 345a1d53761b4ff29bb164af51bf204f738c659f10555d31cc7ae9440dd30d02
font_01_sfnt_off00010719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10719 18376 bytes
SHA-256: dc4102239c2236299146e91b22db2e2c40d16fa6f9c9ccedc3e00445eab40888
font_02_sfnt_off000136d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1