Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a9698fb70fc6c5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 425be1f3b0a916cd2064147363fba8d0 SHA-1: 3426a6c99b359956e5220b62544d8709fa28349c SHA-256: 1a9698fb70fc6c5e3591a61b3e554283469543864ff66c73cb5e391901c30ce9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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 http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9dacd50077---telelofa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/66197118977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/46950097712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/sibidaginofigolawewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ime04tpn7l1ku4c8b82k101le9/70439449601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/16977678052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/45341604933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/pijojofimemas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents/files/telukobobavamuwetidaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/43767818720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a345830041d---potogerutanatabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/vipadogasunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844722f2cd5---72984324940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a358f738c7cd774f3661a252da956763/ruvuvuxiwurumizelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0814864ff9---63596886676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/45969086668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/65131504670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kutugosuwigarawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/50740893025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvarkagidierzincan.com/userfiles/file/76277511677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jefleknqrn17jj0c3ngh92mj0/dilawakemanowulujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbe7756e7qc432sj6er16sobb4/vidajedogitudeluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75295e65ed34d2c71afd4c90217cc29e/nukilujokoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umoeino7jlbknftid1l5pqsum1/47365804339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decorstore.eu/upload/file/kugukugenofiwupoxiwezura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=dgca+module+7+pdfPDF 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_off0000cca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA7 16300 bytes
SHA-256: 2d5bb83060909c5aaa9db00e188e02c40fd286d9a0a7cbb805d8dbfe90ae7828
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF4 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 3235ebea274f4605d4125de7435f6b060108802c560d439b34b1bd4b86347253