Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9d2e99cd8105a3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 13:15:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2b7a084c9d6531b7988b079603c4996c SHA-1: 5aa66e94f0e000fd5cd3b155cb6a13ba91592cf8 SHA-256: d9d2e99cd8105a3c8261b728f75d802a5b9cdba29f7201bea013ee4fb7f39df2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, identified by heuristics such as 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded links suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb8c64210d6dcabac529910728628e5c/somiro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f707d9bb2d2---21667166270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/70027812191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/zosinetiwisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/69127183335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/82683850576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782dd018173---98704787117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkamfke79eaistl4slblbs20ne/suduporavibetire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1fb74377afa259d2f883bba74b78cc3/99120123583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2ee9cf08e---fizavagiguxegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c5b620bc5---nulasebenapivusexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/nelotanitukikexegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8928060be43c33be642281190e17cd86/80941159703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20392adcf3---datukizar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/12709591271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608622795a286---67981850681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/73517661519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964146a4caf---zukikaridajizetomugukigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/41751983813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7d54ac47d9a747d01068dc7fd9abacb/10049126246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalyanestate.com/userfiles/file/gefevuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5a29csfh3at4nbii4cja8nijp/vezuradataxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/10226337966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b92869e80f81fb7a1231f02afaaf04d/jadivukaxugisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xn--12cfj6cf4edkfa3b0bnvcc0ewa8fd0a7nth.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82531752470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=buddha+and+his+wifePDF 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_off0000fe41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11658 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 5e19776742fa1adbbb1caa3ba7bc4db9322925faf7b2d19c502dd08fd2fc15bf
font_02_sfnt_off00012d9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D9D 18124 bytes
SHA-256: be82a3fabc4c0d9da697c584f17dcac05db5aea02ebe7caa4914219d7c997984