Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fb8f1c7aa4276e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 00:29:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a28d5013d6893b8cf7b048222046bdcf SHA-1: c950e33b6ac2d63ed0b83f2c891dfef849e6f4a9 SHA-256: 9fb8f1c7aa4276e9fb6f21830263404abd53f859e78f6c49e8062cfd6a93b8e6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of external URIs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a likely spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to these external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/wujevitidapabinisitorinil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/151522740660c95bda24d7c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/givesodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd18669c32a---mamefuwujiwuwafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qus33splks9idebm7r9jjjth74/14137606975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dba02ea29c6---97397847587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6bdfb554d8cab3180958681bab34858/87500515102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715ed9a590a---nojupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2440027.ru/upload/file/20167840810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd995f8071c9d680ef06e3033b11d38/80438176676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738c23f0a96---78614970695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/69397546822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysideclassof64.com/clients/a/ac/acc4ccb49d7935ca36198347b895393e/File/ruxotifap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/zusasitatiwofinobune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1j88m6u89iua5sjjh2690boev5/luzikesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/kitejano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/76229998008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/77484447591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/93936690679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210505064910_363218792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/nadezapudeparagilesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/722cd9832b3c58524001233a3a55ab79/27388498735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d92443d48---51173000367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=michael+jackson+they+dont+care+about+usPDF 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_off0000cc65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC65 17580 bytes
SHA-256: d3866cd07059913055b634f139a485bc4d27276be946f5f93d4d448a33a62ab0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f95b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF95B 11036 bytes
SHA-256: e7ad32ce29a947229ad204ea33ded98b6872b17c833ad20f8189ed662785ef50
font_02_sfnt_off00011300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11300 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1