Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9ba8a5948f89b0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 02:57:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1f168f255fe90a81acdbe25afc2c7d05 SHA-1: c74c5f59e5f8fb1931d84b4b221ab54ce6be9a4e SHA-256: b9ba8a5948f89b0de6d8a69b960bcd9b5d56878f1799c2c2234610e41e0d667a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users into downloading further malicious files. ClamAV detected this as a phishing trojan, and ML classifiers also flagged it as malicious. The numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1e0d5a17b---28703700166.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efd4537e9c---duzudeboxewutuwaderes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e70f1530f---banebusiziwinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eed6b2bf3ea97181102c0791ebf08630/tuzomomebonotama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendymamy.pl/userfiles/file/midasededataregiwavabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/821b7955a51b46c9205a2632c0cdd0ee/desuberamuvebulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc04hknbrsmqgh1ricp5c6putt/futosidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ba5a7475a---65973162550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/95452456681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e382a111e3---wubuxinabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944342c87d7---kezemasozadanuvuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a32201651---63203744844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ilufr48giulam2pm63t6us2dki/35421167978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b4b9bd8bb---85760888763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76b8c034c9bb230c8e8f83898765a9b9/92916280326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed58acdf1267ff33704fe8e13fcb59a/96085421504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/lekuwowevowopipakinedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/nobenuvowutikusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/84959301278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuoriscena.eu/file/99081780697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjo8skenad1k69vuplsg00u6go/33644998067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b11d6899d045716a2f6fb5789fab641a/32876170265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/demunewifimoresus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f18331074a1---putepawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/50418769057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givosisubumamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanders-scottfamily.com/clients/26926/File/56637069840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip9899fk5gkcgap40nea2qatp5/3806084923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=11th+state+board+maths+guide+pdf+free+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_off0000dd30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD30 16820 bytes
SHA-256: f267c38e223755dcddf013bbd78a05def765a015eb1e0a2a7d41e532d7a83c01
font_01_sfnt_off00010911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10911 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12128 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 9724c266e84b15878cf41e488f323c3d6640d49d61a5f36ebfd1ea59f3084c36