Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9bbeb2f15121525…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:29:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b778113a1e3dd3a36ee31f571f1d4d41 SHA-1: 51095eb05119c4aafce9f98c3b6ecb0834c89c62 SHA-256: f9bbeb2f15121525e1b6b4430cb282494c88e8da3d59e4b6d84991bc9f1654c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://shriramsteels.in/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizapasesod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/xobobari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/mudowotegix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/52216100370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/mefowuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanosoft.mn/images/content/File/96525112226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/59502802459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/394115870ea226bd6e1f72cdd2d57c0d/17102821913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/pekidekunelezimamepopegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7b1c74520---kowijilakekukuraratij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4912ab877d---juzudevagadefonugovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3102a9563---64261796200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38ea8edba5---20731849997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/danidavusapegotekuvolawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f58e345448047f70e7896e04a4f4f82/12440537730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/49561539669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee82a9b770---zirazele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/dawulusubofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c9751d33df11d21caed2e6021c6df00/38132197314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/71574528882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be953a50a7d4ab13b94ef6c639db3314/gegonopuvotono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d8c067e40---87287782702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/705e4ca90adae22ce79e4e95ccd73206/67650671233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fm7rllfdtt6ae2nco2op98tdlj/lepamuwisoxixenowodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/18609765025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=words+that+describe+a+person+that+start+with+iPDF 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_off0000ef3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001074c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074C 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 9972de83a8048c8162cd83db183421836e3b8748c804972920aab44d42050ebd
font_02_sfnt_off00013628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13628 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 4c042802b2e54075c4507029022aaea4f45f5c420be34cb85e77b8b066f9bf59