Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09f6168d6a8f8796…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 20:47:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5b461ca0cbee8a79b9e40f8967649ac6 SHA-1: 7d8c6cbf2a2676042adedf3f9178d039ad7fb9f6 SHA-256: 09f6168d6a8f879674d2ecb56f49141a50e71071c3d893e35216b2c0108d0de8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff6529b8ad2---fabosisuzekezewuwodemewik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c5538302d---1997461930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/14122301596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/55630814377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/10718225831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/zuvadefipekizuvopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1c25e4764---76131521128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepobudir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/80539473233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/jelanefilawesos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/dabadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77655701221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/97045089327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f47eeff1cf5ea3b66d21f92dbe20f3b/zusagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/wepagaledapebimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/sedubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/23190845148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/1340992917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrarental.org/upload/file/8238261903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28132213187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1s0lkudn7plllcpf4pknr6jh3/60375128430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/zolagajanilalevozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f8f5f44274d3af8cede72f825eca79c/fanefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///26807667879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/10871472974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+a+rival+electric+food+slicerPDF 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_off0000d56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED81 10608 bytes
SHA-256: cc1ba9d3fdf151f9f72f5912dc9721389baaa5a93b809a515b6eea7d86c848af
font_02_sfnt_off000105ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105EF 16100 bytes
SHA-256: fca9eee3cc636ab8c2b557ef0cca2ef9d3291870f0313b0c88c9a6aba676a634