Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9ed6f2e3a321690…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 07:42:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 9c91e4111d399226a4c8a3e89314e71a SHA-1: 457b701ea535e1dc87a1deafa247ae32c6c6ecf0 SHA-256: b9ed6f2e3a321690dffc3a3c29c03a09dfe88003c9345509303bbac8967bcc55
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations used for hosting malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics suggests a tactic to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+resueltos+de+distribucion+normal+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/nulaligigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/sinonipuzufadawopul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc6d8d3777---pagikutazuvojenez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c3d0ea1fd---menawuravodalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee88aae6f077fde58714bc95cac309ce/tizazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jckbrhtob0dg62c02qu1siu3gn/60185435056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/sikujozivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c88bf79d17---22146013118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr0jal59dd5rl8sq0fcltvdh37/xebepog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhv9vlhv5b4t09l8ka6n4i5b64/jafidugupolem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/pademokoxofolixexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e069c04f443---podokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96237e7967692e2c301848784ab7e80f/pogixakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783dfbbab47---dagadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d99e9ca9fcf2eac03acde915642981c/gumopafikaritexixuzidubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c54ac758e2---tokafokinetuvekoreme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b3abc8e2e---51642327501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/pesuxosafezepurutogaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105100429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5725ecea8---kogifatufimevorilakavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/sadanebunuzafosifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac43f66dc97---tejavoxapibazavesuwure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/387ddd00e2b98121c119045f1523bc0a/2972100168.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD708 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 73ec6210c49bcdb493ce2668dd25b2adf91a0a7ce2ff08f73ffec585307e78c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC3F 19352 bytes
SHA-256: e33f1f0da82dbcc718341f4f080069d0a86bd063b2eab797d9ddd9bcca250839
font_02_sfnt_off00011e5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13671 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 26ff17f98fef675b8c28fce0b1e41c928d8ac5fd5a09a976abba0659bdbe6bd1