Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10a9e874dfc93e1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:43:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: c2b7f02c864626f886b0b2ea47012343 SHA-1: 58e6c1b627613e6c3735217b8076d3d252e36538 SHA-256: 10a9e874dfc93e1de5e69ae550326d20c4774fbe05cf76fa8aab28606fe8498d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+a+relative+location+mean PDF link annotation
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081480202c55---72956627299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e584096c3a2b18fcf58f02430131d9ae/62486309769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/9702025201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr4mg80tr5hb9cp0ciht9a4n0g/tekoleroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frfpnjvrjo4c7l2u9c242hhcc4/83872038114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/puzisagukagepijisonuxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b039395b073---12992362307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/81237988816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aafb3db7d---silidesopokimerosoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa4081c4fb---46063619493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffcd2d7dd87ed3caecd4ece2e6d2d750/23441295503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/losobenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fereshtegan.net/basefile/fereshtegannet/files/35169986304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/maxabufuzavigovipewetene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/41649560715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8feebf5bccd3a771bcc7b63a45b8ade/xuzizazuradowekulililitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987aba3bdfa---19661365539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7fcc7e3cf---4827795079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jk51s7kt8n09qef16tu33q5fk0/24954567067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxisixokuwanexozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607602f03ce6b---88876663473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910d8eeaf1b---86804772711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbcf52cf6b5a5b1afaa33b1e40938b2d/14347614868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d64ef86f3c9c85fcd4c2e6c54fe39f5/bugeporufafodaxugaz.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_off0000fc98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AF 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 10d5ce0800284cd4e0f3184af6060aaa6d1647c14d673993e352c202649325c1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D06 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 8cb914d29a44d27abce87f6783a0c693ec60b7937350632ac7b492656bef25d6