Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9018a0654dc689cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-08-17 12:49:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a94fe8e2eaa1b60aaaeedd03a1c4a818 SHA-1: a3740d0167bcaa1a51fb8d57fc0e70379851915f SHA-256: 9018a0654dc689cbcd71ccf824079a763b4714a3514c90cc870bf32221a18fcf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URIs and the nature of the links strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+prepare+for+program+manager+interview PDF link annotation
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0e58bd272---jukodanuwagetefanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/ruvixuzukijitumokogosuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608167241fe3b---79591619040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c758d947c4b---85253432635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/lokapejelilokaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ppf257jgi6mf3mqcvt86fm2r/fibotedixib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///66902631561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/novepatosevufubifodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/wapopepixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvrdcquevuch04b8ljli50jeob/61669593556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/25072301108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e2a86fd3c---96012819482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/33199623379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deccanquest.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/10988670650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/revapanudomavetaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/sutadotuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/10163500556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736ee8f0f85---fomufejuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-inn.com/CKEdit/upload/files/52719282514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902513e7664---11347936088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/ritaxefosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/69208439928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/motuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863988d769f---gezifogadu.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_off000103f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C0B 16392 bytes
SHA-256: 967998a43522aebcc18236e6818079b715b0d1b6b85d483656db45858fa85c97
font_02_sfnt_off00014637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14637 10632 bytes
SHA-256: b546a9fb0953f4f92aa039be7b28ca34c6fd097fc1620296831fb2b7d5a8305d