Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9174c2960c691296…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:54:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4ec52ff4e7240b3ffe3d3f98ad24d045 SHA-1: 0873235020bb64928506ceed64cb3306d32ecb43 SHA-256: 9174c2960c6912964904e5381bf7a3b6188eeb56af5d757e098af351eb947861
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. These links are likely intended to facilitate phishing attacks or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://kavtas.com/images_upload/files/zajemuto.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe16aaa1e5---3295537634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67d9dea1eada008c046095b08737423/27290309505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongsung114.com/files/fckeditor/file/44284853227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f498cdd24---kuvilomomiberafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/maxutagipaduvejuluna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenithoverseas.com/assets/userfiles/files/gajezejevetolobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soskuwait.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/durotagakawagelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://att-na.com/upload/zijipubivakifigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhorelli.com/userfiles/file/dagetonapedejawika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedovuzujowesesiropelixij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desiaussies.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/70847008327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369e5b18c7e---mugegukodume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieltsadd.ir/cache/fck_files/file/tixirozowipotebadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://073741256.com/uploads/files/202109031146368531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/44265813352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/befulexetasowaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161455626518aa---63728022008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitekinfostructures.com/userfiles/file/fujapefofoxedodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/fewosepitafupukasalirer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapraptti.org/userfiles/file/9417270230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67746800991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/50795594822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd7262da1d---bibukupubiwivebufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnucleus.com/members/member_images/files/9385274757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/xigapavefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebatafitawivarukasuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+select+multiple+pictures+on+macPDF 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_off0000d8e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E6 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 232ce4d95ef133a0f0d7ed97f8e14c0174662eb01dd4b5cf6fe4742e551f6522
font_01_sfnt_off0000f181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF181 18908 bytes
SHA-256: fa753ac0d084d86be25fa94e45df877a4e12252c8329f28bcdc0b2651e65b896
font_02_sfnt_off00012254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12254 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1