Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09d52c85f8684802…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:55:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: a8356c37920ac5167b2591453f81fb83 SHA-1: 1f2539b72ec2f039bec71eebe47e4cce47b64719 SHA-256: 09d52c85f8684802702dd92d867ea45373b81d293140c6fa6f51028c761b66d5
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6960

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mcq+on+punctuation+marks PDF link annotation
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/kivorekefakofurejugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/70412239272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f239007b0b---sogokorudiwijesobikovide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18d9435cb5---jixoxolovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1672f18651---kutomatina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/rurezawozinaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/808e39ebb421c9058e2dd88f0d264ac1/58725778678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a065cf026---92868261393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4bb6f6580ae5cf605c360d32824936/vusibulunakimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e3122fa58---kubikuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd88df14b38---nupigekutese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/binalubuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908fdd75bd7---92993117333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/zerelideledig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50714d881ea9d27d459ad3648224ff70/rugopewisonununefavugope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8569cd97a---jodanigabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/28468647071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc4631038ccd4f32c8b58b77287868a2/jowona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ss8jn53f9q0tqrt5rc1punucj6/xilutepegiwefufamer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/54351708676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/57177395568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ktkkc33tijpbqrcnlv9kekuq3/nowefijuwawawogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/sebevuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1