Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9d844e3007e40d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:24:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 40e3c2a042b9a91344d5129525446cca SHA-1: a97ba375822432f49094e595b38eadfd53a65244 SHA-256: d9d844e3007e40d0a231ae613734f49918a0c60d31b28f2f2d9b11bbf6f4203b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing malware through these links. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/gozepakikasuditin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b0a420545---93680429735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756a56c2ec7---negumodubetamabaxogesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/zolijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acaed6dfe0---rikonifamem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botipefelipuvunolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e3315a2bf---fozofixawuxamoruda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gres-k.cat/userfiles/file/dafekanutumezuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/7040606583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/19374974114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfba45d93f7071929a67361d094669e7/kukabofusezasidiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7df0bfa663ad5dff88afb6f4dc317781/gagoxiwulodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3b4a8c1f0---vofewedetoremetabolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/sadasezevuvapinatuwixokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1979.net/clients/65916/File/98374243253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com./file_fck/file/6100017983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210609063345834369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38309125674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/22909680082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oecdjti8j5qumd8gsrku9um2no/67919327119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/dasapuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b66ca3a17b---roligejumopifanuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altbuket.ru/files/27127609807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85625774fa---lepakupixekari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b474b5f9cb697ccd890adf3a09340599/13999720912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd5e0f3b13b1d9cee174aef1d7c148e5/lilawodutezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/67568983243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=comercio+mundial+definicion+pdfPDF 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_off0000dcc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC9 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 5712a742d5ed362b83d7be0bfda150d8e5b4916760c7adca56964580e8d181b1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF512 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D24 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 00cb8f5a547e7a26ba33d6c4c6474a5b6f2c8b1427238e1641fe614340294102