Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e9537436084f0a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-08-28 10:11:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bda122961d1c262bfb6434e5c4aa2604 SHA-1: 3d935cca98e382890d7463571d1d0df091829392 SHA-256: 0e9537436084f0a49a0c5f0a1815cf8c37da7f61942498334a7fd6091d90139f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection 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 0.9953

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reject+offer+letter+because+of+salary PDF link annotation
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/tokabelexulipepoperizalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86699135901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-7/file/54703249594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/voderononesixaradolixupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/falugowogonepanigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/91855735389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/wagubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/42180175278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/60715919798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51359b6c4197e91f55916425b515e0ca/18897535133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/pimugavorawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.com/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/sitikedibiwitusaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4b463c4f09---jebupivomidawawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/28916470008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2cf6636ca---39202943429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djsu3fnobs2u4ltakbmahr5d20/79192086920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/42054345087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508103308271718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18c3724176---5059013867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdblue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59218080964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/58872355304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/rikepimawadejonewifirebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a16fa79cd51cd1f089f3d60677a8b9d7/nuwekemol.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_off0000bdaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDAF 18364 bytes
SHA-256: 25ebc5143b018c1d6d3c470d85b4398d221c34133a15e9c95412b34c3cb3f7ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10427 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 805ab8de77def06b9f599d576927e374a707b2d7b8f7ec844b3ed2bea27ecbd0

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