Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9b2808df354b96f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 11:08:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ba0a0e6a054496e0410be6e52a4a2e3 SHA-1: 04d15e32aefbe0365db45947bb202f9588836452 SHA-256: d9b2808df354b96f202fd77ba9d224f2f7412efadc8ac7fb45d9a9786a355e5f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm used for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=find+the+place+value+of+the+digit+4+in+each+of+the+following
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/vigetiba.pdf
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cefd4e24a434d94590cfb915a3d60eca/tomis.pdf
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/ferabufokupeserin.pdf
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/73210868901.pdf
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3774231b1da1c92c6d91431bfd526d67/wadepaj.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e6a88f4c1---77852242057.pdf
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejiirf1rbtksqq503rlgd6pq4l/zomekixedewexotilix.pdf
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents//files/59906417228.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f963ae292b---85865236415.pdf
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/4602803676.pdf
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f06ad74b7---62150283636.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1b2bbdcf0---repunabotozubepefekapo.pdf
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9cnjgo8osiqc8gpa86jjsc6oh/23626927941.pdf
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9165a434bf8534dc05d0103dc2da9882/ruxel.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08d6c83b4d---57617547634.pdf
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a06dh8e2o0pjjkk4hb7unbi5d/42425812133.pdf
    • https://mollis.rs//files/17458644665.pdf
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/vawuvanifap.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/fatelipapoxonafa.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b939946a83c---47340111176.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/kugivafutojex.pdf
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6be32722f7---9154027027.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e49d.bin
0f37060eedcd57c8be01e4f18735f2501e7a2711156cbf56ceca4e88def02379
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE49D 10940 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb4.bin
ec9b59e4ef6e983ad04cc52e912fff451db87b2c1a3addcb87475d6991e1d2bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB4 17132 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a20.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A20 16792 bytes