Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f9ae5e6ece18c1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:18:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9a7ff5dce17936cf02514ce7776d1016 SHA-1: de057e715f2d856e543ee5bf93d9489b679c632c SHA-256: 7f9ae5e6ece18c1e5e38c59e94c0b7b402363bfc81da156c0f658ffb657f540b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure suggest it's part of a larger attack chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79291531671.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/gapisawukixejamepolavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiisushi.com/uploads/files/zediretobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141804cbef2a---ripovumupesaragokame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b80113af05---liwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaienclinic.com/uploadpic/files/mibeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falanejubigopozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kituvosaxeponefagud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchivietnam.net/userfiles/image/file/17563594146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalimati.in/userfiles/file/nowikurudewumusokona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a346e0aa53947e95b9498f24f61c2cb6/45861224574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/44483541384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9jamail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/katifiseliwixisokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b74d39a06593714749357da2f80d32bf/xoxobavidemuzivigemitefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/91960256091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/diziserifilukoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/91774869019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911174651683253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/27106811893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402f852dadc---41264162909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-09-11/images/files/zegujovefogaretirifejofoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/59115335513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/10408775874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.phpascal.com/userfiles/files/dipewifun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejiwavuwemisujipafegenur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/ripenopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=soccer+manager+2020+hack+apkPDF 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_off0000c290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC290 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000daa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA7 10828 bytes
SHA-256: e39807d1ce665bb1591eb5f216344eeec5b27990143cd7fbcc2e4a29457f880b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f36f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36F 15684 bytes
SHA-256: 0b3a3014a9f04807d5a4f42758d744c09f0a2c4cd263059e5698f4c67dc3fa1b