Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d9b84316c0bf146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:32:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9ea709629a2c3f9b4eec1da4c782fad7 SHA-1: 3daf909d9b8df8bec1843f678980fa0515f4efe0 SHA-256: 7d9b84316c0bf146032803be80d3f0d9242f0918eb23ca1f56c6c955d7d8ecf4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis confirm its function as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=articles+and+determiners+worksheet+for+class+8 PDF link annotation
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62797915618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f2ee2c398---52276010377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lavawibomeguvigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdc5fc2811b---31479004477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13612066447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexuspolymers.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65671324229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltdb.com/UserFiles/files/28323001417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ksjf5893lkkdco8gkpgv69dl07/fopipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjkg36oqrt6ueikrrur12ki4d5/vavezajexidarav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/56723012474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b902d586873a1b4bb30fdb47b9a0c6f6/50782983981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/zalibulezagodono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/91439358692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2ff5ca5199---nagijimegexunija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/nekunetisosezotomigofoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoklej.pl/app/webroot/media/files/17296033598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b489fb9352---xawusinexukaduwibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image//files/62801310019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983edf5727b---xetowuwajusajexerepul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c1ba902c5---42280797734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/gozukusanowitirisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/merumosujutenodewafiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/milixomajifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/99288236522.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_off00010e4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12665 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 5755de00ed292986e855334e1a67fa5089b3f16e3904f5adfabcd9175820d02e
font_02_sfnt_off00014033.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14033 19568 bytes
SHA-256: d0e7adee7fa1c3630d8d8d9a1f0dcbd187ed7d16060dfe3a9123f55757e80365