Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09e3d9e8bbe194f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:29:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d18d4f124126d1869908d32df89016fb SHA-1: 12bafb201dd795d4e546905f41ad479d0a17548d SHA-256: 09e3d9e8bbe194f9304b8b7022c48f61d0c1ccb4f2b7bbd20bdfe655751d0381
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm is the primary indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=infantry+t%26r+manual+2018 PDF link annotation
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/pimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bdddb2666---wevinasibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17r8dee5t08274g63dmfv70al3/81931509461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63ab6f1a7e25700883ee0794fba05c0d/93765349285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811d08b7d68---2693360959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qpshouse.com/upload/image/file/32724251319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/sopajopefufapeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54484673793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/mopotezememovabilomumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba62061caec---45242373756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128c8473a02e---25679452924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/giwoxazatevewoveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/xiforobekamuvilebusobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8e5dcc736---lositapolapijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/80146082179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c28fd4b7b0---buviroguludesasiwogugenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tv84q6viuiaihvpitibt9io1vl/69918335487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praward.tw/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e511a3fc4a1d8fe1c67f67fc57ce98e/rofamuxomokejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/39879536200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/37402433996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/tedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/pajuxoxigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1583a21e9---84558034522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/zotokawokumuz.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_off00012829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12829 19948 bytes
SHA-256: bc2fb1acdf562eae47067e7c16e184dc3de2e02abf765cb45c4ee24ab17c3f46
font_01_sfnt_off00015c1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17435 9712 bytes
SHA-256: 67dbc6875e5ceb919f758577a1cdcfc8a124ea73331bf39e343a9747f4191bc2