Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9b597490efb1f22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 02:26:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5f7a92675226305dc5c62d4bb7c3c01b SHA-1: 6ba21bd6b260bc873771fec671f69da85d55c7a0 SHA-256: d9b597490efb1f222d94cae5d4806accd2b571a6961bbd9328941ef48a3246d1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of numerous external links, including one flagged as a random URL, indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites for phishing or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/74885031507.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ziva-muzika.cz/files/file/97624597105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/91916703589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57ae3c79e9---gorinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c74fbce44e917e56e2ea1d552203cd51/mopefotimotalazaxazoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/83845826416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e71cd0556---64817679454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fc4f5482a---45005803727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zikutewepazimidujuvulejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45442a61a2---70960053298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/34680956819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/raxazifojozatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7cbc657af---bugegaradivajurepipawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611890c4ed2e7---kasetidujofotax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/29777757224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a164113d3fb4bf20a17e27f7552cbed5/62059150531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/sanibugukemas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/wazabegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079109ab945e---73797086739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-n-nate.com/files/files/66088104721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37517d05d4ba4a928a56cc840515673/nabamamoguvebinapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ba45592cb5c---95656880970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/2788127442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14faa23e88874526456c245c39e9d617/1110239369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=honda+foreman+snorkel+parts+listPDF 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_off00015ebe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EBE 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 345c947b6df1b3e10fc4a4b36c54507e988330b762bd4265808cf3fdfbc7dfd9
font_01_sfnt_off00018a1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A1D 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 99105ecfc01b029a3ea7c723f34918b65664a4bbebcc827080df15461568694b
font_02_sfnt_off0001a2b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A2B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1