Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9cdf10f79156fae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 08:50:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bcdae167737b782b8722a38a4bbf727d SHA-1: 59f99efc5d9330540565a9afc7e89f440442696b SHA-256: c9cdf10f79156fae9f0505bd120bbcd7eaa1a5e406fc031f5d2e5dd6e115c676
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. These links, often containing 'utm_term' parameters suggesting search engine optimization for malicious purposes, likely serve as a lure for users seeking software drivers, a common phishing tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d6065bc49286070ffb7804abea1a029/56229052800.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65713403a1---70768773891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098426dc7ab2---19165549598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdfgiare.com/upload/files/tamekejixuruniven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d1355d1b6---puzilemefiduwagokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc1b9230721---lasomegiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34515492070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziconiavip.com/uploadfck/file/defikisokuxibagavusevomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/bigavarizifuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4145ac7bb---detivixuwenemajowubesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.roadsafetyrental.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78584022933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a611cbd6771---12196734152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/ginetixovaxawipifoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2fe28e963ddd58c1acc786698c05a7a/87025175006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd771d213fb28e7c052848a4f3b190d2/darojogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm01p7djpm5r1l21kldagvhucd/44878223843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mk8o1o5dsa97m3mgoo65jmenn/25508415000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/nonolukefoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euinsuti.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kemijadagodosowavobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/53666508628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd047b86fd---wewekuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/24120684246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/21234372754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db090113101---5560588273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=bluetooth+handsfree+audio+driver+download+windows+7PDF 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_off0000ed01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10518 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 30f03101c90f71fc6d80fb68c6a823afb08463689c0d9dc044edd1e282cc73e5
font_02_sfnt_off00011e0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0D 17448 bytes
SHA-256: c8945f5c2c2ad739e04b5aa94d5a14e17917de19b800cbab3450fa5cf00f9434