Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9849055f8ae4372…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:53:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9e42d5e451c41f4484738ba7eba6a810 SHA-1: 6b9a710fa19a7eecc94a2bd5af37cc42b86ad908 SHA-256: a9849055f8ae43725748c58bd031139f1da10ab57c5083bc17107932208fbd93
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' suggests the document's content is intended to trick users into downloading the linked PDF, which is detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern indicates a phishing attempt via a malicious attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/doletuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://r2doodles.com/clients/4/4a/4a4ed909dcef54c1e3ec6a0ce1d29f2d/File/27468141037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b4248a60b---43699738087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/effq0bjh3cqr6v8ngc5jr3mv9i/dinutijitozuvanabikube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088586782a27---50620168333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868170cedae---80188104450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078cdc37ecdd---4839115998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/mewixewanulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kids-ex.com/11585732220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/51106789294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cac7f98d2c---70014404813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/tazupujodulofaduveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/13955270088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3d1295478db6cab01f5740d26fd43bb/menedifagijuxulusaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eshsj20m50ddieraq3n63oh056/vijizagim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8840152bee---tosaxudapupajusoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2911c52eb9ab7bc58bf7a69bf216b940/xusuziremevexonivupibila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021618756429747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/65076425154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7b2b98c9c---poxepobuwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/keevvcadm1pad54c7f6midq0s3/govitul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/didujabuxumidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=drawing+competition+2020+onlinePDF 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_off0000eca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA4 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 6c3843fd4daaedb5269aea4b826e8d9a7110d3113a0e39a7ab023606c44a241b
font_01_sfnt_off000105e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011df2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF2 18132 bytes
SHA-256: 0740f1f6e75ed87c3909dc2411f75d4473e9ea7bf36cc1d852f92217b17c5590