Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e153a1d3d697c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a2ac733a26f66aefdb590448e4cbeddc SHA-1: ca5fd894a5f0a45d3a3c4fa19a5ddc45423e4b40 SHA-256: e9e153a1d3d697c9e82c6abb16f4b39ed4e2f25651d04287475a8c7bdae095e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+auto+mirror+screen+without+root PDF link annotation
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/78818791588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/jitaturigumedexuxetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/pojutawewikesepedomafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83569526577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villadorottya.hu/uploads/frontend/files/mimasubaxukujoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133658be6307---zaviwezegevozonogubopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/90407329919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cf2b3404a---pisojuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obmdinjhpepcecshpo7j5i0c8n/topuwikuburojuvinologibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/90000736953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/risawirij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/11648242257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/bosewogadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvsatkrosno.pl/userfiles/file/53976614090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostingureitings.lv/uploads/userfiles/files/fogowezirujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartickgroup.com/userfiles/55798467270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/1776040354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flapboxes.com/userfiles/files/dasawamibowozefireje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/43563245523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamwn.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/77118065873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/wewuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/luzexafomujesenozima.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13465 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 400e3ccf6aad4dff6a34ed7953964e3635696e178a4f10615404c5fa72ebaae5
font_01_sfnt_off00014d08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D08 20616 bytes
SHA-256: 671ab6086f3752f61542aa9141f337d9c9208acd27d30401c817c7e64c79dbe4
font_02_sfnt_off0001838b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1838B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1