Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9078dbe172040206…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 17:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ae8818784813e979062a54120cc85920 SHA-1: 99a72bf5f326700af2e825435517dc5afb40b7fc SHA-256: 9078dbe1720402066fd697aae7a77746215b18e2067f97c8463a07495e415968
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised upload links suggests an attempt to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://www.ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78321366272.pdf
    • http://kustari.net/userfiles/file/lunopupuwo.pdf
    • http://ultrabeauty-ff.ru/userfiles/file/repiwumumilulaxopinawabi.pdf
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/25244403752.pdf
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/favusareviwiwosaju.pdf
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/fegase.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402d3286070---susuzobisimigup.pdf
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/wotirugerufaga.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b08691d9e7---71123865423.pdf
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/latur.pdf
    • http://pincesorvarshop.hu/editor_up/sivokawesumuvaxumivibe.pdf
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/746aa0b1ca3b1a097ce2b5005b43efcc/vupuvizibevu.pdf
    • https://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/27965214174.pdf
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nevorifakowokefu.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vv1r5sm28e8d0s12j1na3u230/lanavuvogota.pdf
    • https://12shio4.com/contents/files/letitoxunufumesasovobe.pdf
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/88796351003.pdf
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/vodozoferuzubaloxuk.pdf
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210919145019.pdf
    • http://vietdubai.com/userfiles/file/jakorifewisafotaki.pdf
    • http://yjbiotech.cn/upload/files/liwomafejikubud.pdf
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/xadirujigajo.pdf
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pabaletosepusatuketolati.pdf
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613257afbf37b---lulakufiraretis.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=black+butler+anime+watch
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c29d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC29D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000daaf.bin
53c1c9f6cd316d0958ad78cc4d3d25f4d403d1e7b18a8e4e889274d3ee156150
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAF 18304 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010aba.bin
803e30c5f9197447413692b003eef15a23df6364e5e8d7ba61ca661992bc9aaa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABA 10676 bytes