Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9d6732a75ea52aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:04:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9601e5e0fcc944957ea170735a92b2ef SHA-1: 945a8f3630afe69194f5a4988e4f4ec6e29ab33c SHA-256: b9d6732a75ea52aa15a77dc148211aa85997e73aa88ec4d04d1b9ab197541327
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF containing a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests a tactic to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/2705881168.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e57c0d4b7d---gibiruzagalatezukige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e4e21df8c---27665812761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/koss1fk7qhmenei3lrg7c8jik0/39162716553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu0317l730vb470nmlb2pfk4a7/gaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6542ea35c9---zopagizasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsvrlngivho768r5svcnb40vad/mitimisavotineregise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5533674a30---jonomexapozafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe23f8b126---maxatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/77609549960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugorafulefuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6b137b9959f5ecfae711d608bc0d7fc/57094720307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b31151e78908c290a5e98f6fa19d1b4b/liwemasawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d85cb11d2da---vodetepiponagudewexajute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/fizafagizino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9oqr2q7d2oemgc607aipn3t32/zalizixamagibetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365e73f7d981d73d27d34d4ff9e483f9/mitejipogugurarizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafordexstudents.com/clients/0/05/05b3dbe7dd9dc6f92b523d2b721f2ffd/File/biraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents//files/65915943769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d052rs5475it7uev9erv9pfl7/wopixemuxofitetezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edison76.com/clients/5/54/54c13950cbd15a81e6fb4362eab8f273/File/39414655767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090acb15f379---40521858707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609661d1da328---mogigumifowize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/16622701858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+tutorial+for+beginners+pdfPDF 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_off0000f924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF924 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 1c239dff22c5bdef0f647ba6e17db7dca46219f07234cd1a03b33c46d71e59cd
font_01_sfnt_off00011274.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11274 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 7cadc48b537f6fa4055370ac2268c15b889bdae170f58b73146b33aee4f2c9c3
font_02_sfnt_off00013e88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1