Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d9c7b5a5601aa1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:21:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3e7b9e35babc6bcffa41569df9cd4f81 SHA-1: 90bf53f99c68ffa97f2dab7095904b20a0d18417 SHA-256: 1d9c7b5a5601aa1cfac0daa0ab1e4546a2521c30fa60c25302d4b5026eaf330b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d814c169284f6599c69f878235a2f76b/23838921694.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a7c8531f14e55bf5def4a2771810dc/55180158368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/78345405088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fac9539dbe6---60853831014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c698e3d1e6f---pirapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608deacfba758---75735500876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24971555735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///wefizivisitarilamolur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longthinhphat.net/uploads/files/10398914576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/xufanerixanimijogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210826_044550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe60a76e59---83667356812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mipitamuwivupuvukununawem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/40208582452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/23061828401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608861e5e82fe---jufasivuxenejivelitizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giasidaily.com/uploads/userfiles/file/giragubiwatugujimasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/larin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084798735f61---82635890915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebc07f83bf70314ffde952cb85b4ee26/zuvosometogarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghettaetamionarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/rixemofaviluferevukepoxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/77094441944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/93031171384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/livifaredinaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/11517889497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+project+class+12+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off000123ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123EE 11416 bytes
SHA-256: ddc06bfa836ec719a0ed132e01194285a52525279776a4ae8cd0ab7ce6c74a2b
font_01_sfnt_off00013edc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EDC 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 8b60e6076d772493ae5b8bd248bc5ff2fc90a7585a316e556cbba21b145182eb
font_02_sfnt_off00016bb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1