Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9f5d147d7016f08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 473da39412661050f991e2bf1fd7f46d SHA-1: 79e58c6cb0885df949e7a0a5d0831e9f932f98e3 SHA-256: b9f5d147d7016f0819819f1241b302df5e4d61376f09b2f60242099b190340e8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on a variety of domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable. Heuristics indicate these links are part of a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://mcdanielz.eu/files/file/tezodulodure.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/96353954093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szemvidito.hu/sfwkr/feltoltesek/Images/Image/15841782137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c85236e59---xosekojaxageles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/mosotepane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/43975981348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a83056d44---22601857995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/kimosirevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/geparasaveworunirekokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/rolunujilewotedukimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78057963096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69200860266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozejedapaguzufewofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/26460994692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e0bc9ba87a---lekepogelanigavot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/fisimewironinasenegolasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasomedia.com/userfiles/file/11200416597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/tapebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents/files/94352920865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a6b854606---16214530267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/vuzebebodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog/file/17056833572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/luseletebija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nibarisinixubirapixofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=download+full+hd+wallpapers+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD351 18852 bytes
SHA-256: 12b5b2bbf139b0e1e8c988dae496d1ce155d5edbe8428cdb9838d79e28e04304
font_01_sfnt_off00010388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10388 10684 bytes
SHA-256: afb46d45819a62612e1e63631057f62cb31b5bae8fd98927638f77b644d8716a
font_02_sfnt_off00011bf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1