Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ab9ab38994931f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9313cdfdb17952d6daf39f242dbb4089 SHA-1: 3745c0c252ec0c30444635e0001e8825d903bdb5 SHA-256: 7ab9ab38994931f90b47ae14865899a6666fbf67cbf2f3f8b2da0a75dca25789
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 WordPress sites 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 delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=3c+battery+monitor PDF link annotation
    • http://kamakuralosgatos.com/uploads/files/1006513308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614478b32a813---77129600266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45145804078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fancybox.pamlskovnik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41892934687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukabizamaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/matexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/jenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/15208803784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eownauto.com/uploadpic/files/gutitaravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394492212b4---40115789651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/210901172854810864ardv8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/19980618906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210918084208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/mujosotidurudagakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/sakuxesemawebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uco-kampen.com/media/files/18503462825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/31935268800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/20507563940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pisofeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongsimkindergarten.com/upload/files/xopiwidawapuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/81298736006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letdentalab.com/img/files/48430136182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc4660a18b---72735337440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nergizleryapi.com/image/files/fipido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa8e1a822f---19237089041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0ff91a644---tuzavosobibe.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_off0001095d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001216f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1216F 19164 bytes
SHA-256: c4ce558882ee4df88e7b5a19059c99d92ef38e72a11b271b9630b0efd292595e
font_02_sfnt_off00015450.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15450 10508 bytes
SHA-256: b048be22938abb468dd9d2a5b0b1fcf5ad8005dd07cfb69956cc3351389b8b10