Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9bd95d557ce8406…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:46:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5a3b4fc534681b20d7153aa496c8fe0d SHA-1: d9ded1275940f0a45126fa8999adf5db03f782db SHA-256: b9bd95d557ce8406b09d8a480ae7f77290a78fd693c8ef18c2bb58b30f65fe5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be phishing or malware distribution through these redirected links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/zexexakotoxerigoma.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f1730957a58ac7a13783f95fb1410d1/53199106925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/sujesamijarexugixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c089fd09cbc---fiwefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/50202550903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99e39db4f4592ba787fbcdaf2a8c9d8e/kenoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/44768840596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e40b7bb187---34585187108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c91a11711fc0f4b20b708270524cb71b/fosivuduwafeladuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osikovo.eu/webroot/img/content/files/41993669612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802e91a49c0---30336044646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da367ec8f58---xamanipokoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e98fe36a0ab09a052f6a5ac016ca6636/51008978698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbtbupmqici9srnlin8i3tjl66/72633988598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilcaminodaugo.it/file/98325875387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c772d5744df---basubesosomomezamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2deb2b85a---buterakijanamulorupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc47b981d3---63053382315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df4f302809---82777964705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/8015966303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ce5dd5a05---58478597113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4fc592be6d7fc0988b5aa9b9bfff2dc/lugudow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2c856dbce---wabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/wosasatupemijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinellerinsaat.net/UserFiles/file/94350953065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=ration+card+form+no+5PDF 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_off0000f32c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32C 16504 bytes
SHA-256: 8b5a78c1bdeefd46712e3b99b985a2a6dd85e6ab8404aab004c3978767e3b4f3
font_01_sfnt_off00011dea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DEA 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 2fd3b372b319ad6c233443246c6a46505abaeb9a6570b53fa624bd203e916717
font_02_sfnt_off000135c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1