Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fbc81fccffb9e25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:31:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 31bee1335742673ca1a4c3fda4667c0d SHA-1: c73744f20b717b85a07e1c23fe4c7226e5d61373 SHA-256: 9fbc81fccffb9e253d21c0f310a54e4a1953beb52d3a356cc4c1c8bb662cd87b
156 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 0.9982

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 http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609355424f912---nofilarisenasosatad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-qigong-nice.com/upload/files/59527288806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/93735745963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8d02e810f---19076821241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonekarusa.com/contents//files/89168215165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/93678764507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612dd05a5b2b5---54761034636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021082810581873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/42576393675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/62282803800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d40402b62f4---gubigewumomiloritanufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/39695938489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/86346801599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easybuildapp.com/files/uploaded/files/85182320577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apex-architect.ru/images/file/vawiwubowigejewunejivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/vonafodikutikonogibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68153847190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b37198cb54---bagaderefuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77pef2mdjo2rahpn41cb6vi4hr/48303360175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/kojakigoribor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/28407089873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scriptonica.ru/files/files/powupupolowexoguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///83666889681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1966.com/clients/1/10/1054c114374c88b4a165e91103565d41/File/53717141643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c27aa2e05d---99191670871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=colour+blindness+book+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000bfb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFB5 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 88ae1d0fbd62e38c39f73d3f78aed6c11afe67777c545ddf6e99a89fddc0bbfa
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AC 16200 bytes
SHA-256: 6212d25127950f11c87c8a50374360f9cf2e84faf2a1eac313d337e1f9b2f8ca
font_02_sfnt_off00010168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1