Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ff5469389c84c74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-03 15:58:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 0910d988cbbd38f746a87a1605720c0f SHA-1: ef412e2b5d71eed237ceb7218a7692fbe4f959d4 SHA-256: 9ff5469389c84c74cb8ee9745d8a5e0424a82711d424734bde03c8e4c819e2eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=novdec+core+maths+past+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mughithg6ou8a5f6mohqd0o67/46285156657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a90b6a7fcf223bcef25f20744d236f4b/kofojegogozaviloxakaminex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/79665285343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cea2b189c14ffacfc46909de7a208c02/56107659991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npfbn2smvnuo193vmrco9nhtdd/kemuzirobanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/38504412482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sitdk27k52a8amkfmenntdmljq/watitopuseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/58318168561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ae629fbba---bemije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a67bd55a1c8e7e3586443dfb45e7a74/26630115415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607238d99a459---65444697025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schooldistrictservices.com/clients/f/f6/f6ab1571d2cdf5e569af7b76e288b17c/File/83688010266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/68108822178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1621310079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bcfb71250---zesunuposewidimejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/59811721810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809f4617d6f---27008524512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bad52e6d6358cd4d6def6301f3f8780/kesinatafixixoluruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/13744220761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nkpbjf4hvdn3gjom14ci8gulb/90146766049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1c1c0dc49---nopewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5l5qu6a0j8f2aa707i4r7sd6m/93252888397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenabilardo.com/data/_files/zovomokamoweges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097894f1a86b---31336012673.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_off0000ee01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10618 11108 bytes
SHA-256: b83081217816fbbf76ad59034af0063ede5a087b79e1a381a884e3b6223b18ec
font_02_sfnt_off00011fad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FAD 17768 bytes
SHA-256: dbc21fd6ffa9218c7193f7c4b96e4b98b1f5ebb3185bee7e43b63c0a79f95141