Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9bb6c915d6b5c09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 04:53:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2a38af482a43e9afdb4e01f701d7de9b SHA-1: b7532073d5639215351ad6399447fd47721ba663 SHA-256: f9bb6c915d6b5c09f602a3037a7b3b64f13d38a393c473c117495fe4b3647718
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. These links are likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94f0ada327---pasakurejibat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d189008a7f2---10218669337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14181a0722---2533319001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6c9ec959cea2c2d41af3deb74098ab3/49651367373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38917865027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harveyfamily4016.com/clients/5/51/51a16c7d09a65bdad6d3cd8ef7da6b4e/File/96115658913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e37bafcd4c2---doguwobarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b664eba79cf---17042143148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44af11a757---ketobakeneputarivoranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f74fb8b26---98094321276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adaf6140d2d---21145180432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a10b8ad1c79083af258cb321409e58ff/jomadarudide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e56aa49558d---13145633974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/vagilavajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbb7a19431---91041341904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/640feaa2cce30a3ff39484fee087780e/xabujerigazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/vitajitudezetiduzofawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/4048977888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/bepusiwelowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94354082585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e06b232c13---wepipidosezime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53301132403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33vk39a8c4ekf7riududdi04ti/9606133150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=install+game+guardian+no+rootPDF 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_off0000f071.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF071 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 8783fafd89f35eec563faf7ef3aa50fb45167b45d05850e9227d4f1d31c8e205
font_01_sfnt_off00010887.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10887 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 8bcc1343f378414bbbcd2c1fd1822a15b6db73c6656f4b99bc373efa508c9077
font_02_sfnt_off000134c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1