Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9eb4176a3fc1a64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:48:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d7ac3c4f283b651a08531d027286f995 SHA-1: f7b5a7e30ed2959da4cfc7dbff8e4186853efcda SHA-256: f9eb4176a3fc1a64ee692b41efb6a79bba0449bfdecc371b95360c61662f83d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. The primary purpose appears to be to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic confirming the link farm nature.

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://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c96dba63b---fezagotoruvavetagefuvine.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71dc97548a---tofenonele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9f483c32d---99638385547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luligang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17235474002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--p3t29jo1ed4o4xw.tw/upload/files/medazutozosatoviwozukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d4c5b3eef90cab8622f72dfa7bc1be9/47553175836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/13505885961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/76761902907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadejavot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/tiwedukunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/puwugivijonumemezemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/92545151957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/zinuwupatajagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalace-charvat.cz/userfiles/file/81109339389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa93ba32450---fadaxetopulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b123c4a9ca4---lawaxujumojopofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/878d4eb03149cb256f142475bd8385ad/95203199019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512014520587142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/61759265694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/zeletenitoluwalojedemilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cl7fgm25qev69cnb10ug6bsma/81732478255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c75b2f1fa4---todaxukazafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9d131mtmm7gpnoi5rcn4ocirv/30886575362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/mupigaxonigudegelinegomob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packamate.com/userfiles/1922271451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607ad8fdec315---begajunasatosusopebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e36f5bbbcc6---xanorovekorutufovodekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=a2+flyers+listening+test+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_off0000e021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE021 18608 bytes
SHA-256: bbc149a2c02d7bc7ff8e57cc5f63425aed71129b92e07f9ee78a7d597c77c651
font_01_sfnt_off0001103a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103A 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 006516002c70e784768f52d48e22efcb13f52ed4d517773aafc9509651e5ed7c
font_02_sfnt_off00012879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12879 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1