Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9bf8b73a9e72f69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:21:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 394b4cca599943e25ae6c2e5404f6dbb SHA-1: fff6beb4a1c90365e430973255e0a767baefb187 SHA-256: d9bf8b73a9e72f69c36fc513d8e84a8637b4b8dd98cd758183b72f8a15987344
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malicious download attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ninda.vn/userfiles/files/38384919889.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/mazefiwipokanijolitig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/buratixugilujuworezaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eegbiofeedback-leszno.pl/userfiles/file/41520477643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.com/userfiles/file/20210910154424_707851149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/1087756024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309f49070dd---47037548410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.com/contents/files/57981513299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fc7a8ae6c6e57e18b4a22700a92a4f2/sefijoretixudaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decoworld.in/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/xajuxulovugot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dzerzhinskij.ru/upload_picture/file/67910775671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manuale.aziendasulweb.it/userfiles/files/begibazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/66165325065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5c5fbee3825443c4e13d7f90b99f4b2/xesudugegakogokozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bdb802fb9c---bejigetiwulemareniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/depabuxisedajoxavaronidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/joniroxogexatixukunatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9754066b443f0c615634a3db0a3fd7/94566729982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89882812510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcc584c608---87125363315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaudi.tw/upload/files/9444771127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/85520886793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rivibagovaxaterakasebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/takuluvegilanezavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/92777597541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/judaxomukikimaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internet-trade.eu/UserFiles/file/pikefeguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hacker+phone+launcherPDF 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_off0000e517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE517 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD29 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 888846aa65ad4e99ab13536508df5518c082918bf701579ca569a6ba51108b9b
font_02_sfnt_off00012c97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C97 10296 bytes
SHA-256: c5feff24b662805448907edae129765ac010e8d7a3f99bcdd142a6ee573e6a6c