Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9368d2f43241a0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:41:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: dba5ee4bdb34c73b27631cbb3fed7572 SHA-1: 8369682f89595a1f12ea73408ada18a24fdb0873 SHA-256: e9368d2f43241a0fe3d8b1038f5fc88d50888655669239fcc9b2bdf8b73bc3d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains a link farm pointing to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=becoming+a+substitute+teacher+in+ohio PDF link annotation
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luregizijobepimexosasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b95b2c2b6d5662c8bbfa4f3f1e8b14c0/marugakevovosisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ecde17cb866dc851f3e1b1971db7043/nejesuwugezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srub-servis.ru/userfiles/file/15755024605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/gubaputupuxoxowijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pk0k3492boaeqnup84t659153/muvapajevixawalaparow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/60424828223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bcd506ec1---87631682074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fed460b557894fbb809de7732431af2a/juwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/sekosusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8b8a89cfebdb3ebe7d8bba43862e14/36289181368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e529b1648---bonenivajetajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uhs90kd7u2m4175q6gct4dutv2/bigizoziduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/54171213029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a148ffeee83739c1b544e1fa998d4eb/45079211534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1962.com/clients/4/47/47516dc9824f3897220912ef171c404f/File/pepepasokubelej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/67525104165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/bereduvivudagibalol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742c772fa8a---kapadedivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd9101c9f0---85729235901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e200a61352---wowazanenagafukatatopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/dizebimubiradowurised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/punirimoxowugaboliwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a10778ccbc---dekejuguzofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/zemalugenabobagopugekemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13187 17576 bytes
SHA-256: e1f9e1d78716c1e2e81b79b5d7426570f855e464a17075502d9670e2753da67f
font_01_sfnt_off00015fbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000177c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x177C9 3504 bytes
SHA-256: d2999de0f85fff63f9d3402ebeccb1764150a66b4d2fd6a40621d7882563274d
font_03_sfnt_off000185f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185F2 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 7bdb324f91c94eaac978ea0c77843b90c6871e534052278c06b92c16c7e83a4c