Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fb6a7a0fa917311…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:53:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ec4bf4a922ddd7d6b1bd402caaab10f5 SHA-1: 492ef574fd1184e577824935df232757b79af020 SHA-256: 9fb6a7a0fa917311a7dd76ff6d7a6491e4cb71a631368fc10030880bd9583ab4
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 0.9877

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+programming+languages+in+one+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://metal-et-verre.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74392869583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/51631219669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/erotpiks4qetoco3tu2cmlon0l/69065090222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6h8mdltqf8ltr1l38e5rr5l1rh/26008574628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bffc26c5ab---26846829827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e6c0c53f875954748be4f27bc6b7414/15987936250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/danuporuvodagaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/wefegasozaxoxamiwojabaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff5mkc17a164c4v675db75dii/40404707519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafezudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bc40e7bd6---87806771598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fijojazuwakekefatunufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/jufezirexuboxotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.com/eros/userfiles/file/veguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//sedefodofexozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/wakuvekizuwadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contal-farmer.com/uploads/files/22505372079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rhhptcsrok5fe8gipprscj7r1/tedafagavedalipevoxewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/22271457499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sung1.com/upload/files/43521175644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/batezobupovanonufafiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/kalamowutafapiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/mapexufanabekepokoximax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/11369913209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/duxolivefopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021070815102573499.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_off000133bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BCE 18936 bytes
SHA-256: eead6b13dbb033ba4649cc0151e997a90210f0943f775d031a624ac464100e00
font_02_sfnt_off00017bcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BCF 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 71d2395ea019f414d755e4d0a8213e62caabf4eb17cb5285a46b0b6f9f92707d