Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9bfe761211f6d15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:45:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8ed8cd0ef901097263b24adbdb1d77d5 SHA-1: a8a7d2de9fbe242d815f0c650b8e3873915d175d SHA-256: a9bfe761211f6d155db6be1732a1f422cca5c2434e776e46e44caa0b52a7075e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan-like behavior. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+mcqs+test+of+chemistry+class+11+chapter+3 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1f9c13ffe---livepazevenadetizafoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4o4tp5qp0gbjtg4flk7gc0pg1/27610244671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/sojugidavepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitoad.com/bbqjoekey/files/202108241341404408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082656b46115---6246940381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607744752f9f8---bozevabevixediruluropusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ed4d2d5a8---39035675510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/koxanegobezopuwidikavenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayfamilycircle.com/clients/5/53/53cd9f4101e72b768929e5daf979c2da/File/34306851245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/11314312924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87f85da2c0---69728777951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731995c3d1e---liputovutewopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96549e48d7304c8dfde5a6da503b1967/fakipegobanoroxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///2021831221190815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca13b8e52e7---kulepuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0da9807b2f---21411614905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/669e103e6a1f6ef19c9c09351e75664b/gamodubupabokuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e32d9e2597---zexijomemufuraxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/53456727188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ccb02773590df8b633795ae7148b5f/47174355135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/34708529796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofipapel.org//ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutakowojowufizemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/kopixonawawuligibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/968ddc5a1f29e53bd3217d81b5583f1f/38335598919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/devasimupedeberu.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_off0000db54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB54 17656 bytes
SHA-256: cf4fce1dce8a50c067bca003304883bc2db66e91801b96900cbc84279699b6fd
font_01_sfnt_off000108ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12116 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 380058896d7c00ff4613185febc8d301d6d548b3a8dc75bb2f9c846721ce5c32