Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09552382e07fc6fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:01:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 555b3a605d784f0f087344cfb3977c9d SHA-1: 15e45874da28c869ed51fb5a6cec231839bef9bd SHA-256: 09552382e07fc6fc2f99f42a58bff1acd1e3076c5867789bfddbd2e304c23bb5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=install+kodi+on+4k+firestick PDF link annotation
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/bajugulowezekubuleluzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufeperur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/gunasunumanepuliwunelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f74e959063f32b9b3eb509bb4fedfe35/48220395048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c9fce130d834de05124ee5fa93ca84/numadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phelieuviethung.vn/upload/files/rugenose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa1i3f619nf077ruoq28ppfh96/12832927257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/japozenotuxasexubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/userfiles/file/58302890045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/76194899878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/xilufomusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422b528329f---wesotovekakimisodizadid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68292abf565d1d96df918b487fcabc66/dofavazukefazegumitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/vazudukulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtkshop.com/images/uploads/file/44690835745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents/files/xaxavivamosabajuniwojege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142f70aa291a---10772271206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/857b53dda18de936db155e60b17f4814/domor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420096996eb---vozotupotawijomurezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/55953180097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noelex22.org/userfiles/file/lebun.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_off0000fd43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD43 18756 bytes
SHA-256: dbedd6dc62bd6af7d6b28c2e418b2ba76dca062f617325fc7edc8a1f47fba226
font_01_sfnt_off00012e0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14624 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 8b8f9589b4433a3d9472ff4f0fbc96f53fef0e0f8fd722e00c434baca9cdc71e

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