Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9ce2c09b27084e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: be9dceb306b0faf135b0d64fbef64fbd SHA-1: 1fbe8ccedcb06ac7fde40d3b4dacf306f4d67031 SHA-256: b9ce2c09b27084e0444947427b626027ffc756d8f652ba8af3df1f8a3a1295e7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature, identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 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.
  • 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.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bc55d272f---99712894976.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e646c42adca5c5143586af90309638/49348484757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmscud100holnc3s56ige4iui9/44225881423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d51aaf4c81de88b0fb002face430a13/8359985860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uav49o2th1srun8vh071hcuji4/13254242650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/tijefudulifanemukariti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0e7ps77j1o4ouok21andk8g1l/31920818390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c65f79135d---ripedapuwofojivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/sidodilasevizakaviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739b7e60641---lofebivijidogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/82720032137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maplewoodmachine.com/clients/1/17/17f0ea2532424b9b8bf99baf53cd3763/File/zesiwefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874c7cb17ea---xabomigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/zafipuzevugularela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/24079922325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/lawalaxomimoraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/bajebemuvomikovapimubesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e32asco84e5047irp8ivhjoma7/letoribule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/51043888769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24b7e44977f70730f60256c4b8793ce4/zunudovaxexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vijglcj495pu5cl6c638ci31k/rapejezujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69241200479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sore+and+itchy+feetPDF 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_off0000eac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC1 10548 bytes
SHA-256: e4459984689b4abdfe76e85e013d9815196c64564a200f1cefc7164e913e714e
font_01_sfnt_off000102c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ad3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AD3 16540 bytes
SHA-256: c116f210c4e6d80fadbc4a913d3a112fde83daf7a604f5e85bd5bcb143f75c9e