Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fb3fe8138b52f10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 07:00:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2302c0adfb11a1b3d663720f38c3a758 SHA-1: 7241b2fbf66630ecd8fa8ea905ce2514c2bad9b6 SHA-256: 9fb3fe8138b52f105cc4024658e132397cf986c440df2a77e216560399e8c2a0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Numerous external URLs are embedded within the PDF, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+tommee+tippee+perfect+prep+with+milton
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/84258166992.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aphkkoavgge80kkbar9iv0m3c/poxewudubixejopojofajut.pdf
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/rikof.pdf
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mki5irmhq5vh6e8em3dbnbnrn6/bivokuvaloviwusirozexega.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a27fb5f91---6339640175.pdf
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/44153858960.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90853baf63---25594915847.pdf
    • http://smclassof57.org/clients/34860/File/gosegob.pdf
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2igbtj2pqg477fs3p91t6hn4cu/64141683002.pdf
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210725003638_mzpvdn.pdf
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazewuvirevodamenupi.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb71bc9a70887807522ea3b10af56d9/45311012321.pdf
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/wilesozojorogufise.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/48033840239.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1261b6b97adcfdf5a5d304d1743b9ee0/lelapobikitanafu.pdf
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/litevikawuzedanikazanoga.pdf
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ctjp9g5frvh0up5pscuil4jf7/kevemakafumakobeme.pdf
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/xilidaxopale.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6526f5d3983855cef8a037bce969d3a0/gexeliwujuwubogin.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b3e4db8bb---42224892324.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_off0000ec82.bin
247d3ecda4407f61f1ac151392e8b6376f202bc152b6b5a7fc30ff123e8caa22
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC82 17028 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118e4.bin
d41a0eeb0ad0e027a9a95bd66cbceec282b38aee26249fe6d25a77447033dd7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E4 10652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013109.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13109 16792 bytes