Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9175335377d2c97b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:29:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 38b9c4335f68403dfbc83bea3b3b4d44 SHA-1: 278cb065fc81b0db796c0197dbdf09cfc0232226 SHA-256: 9175335377d2c97be6e98ef856ac04ecb8bb2b05d7ef4474bffb3afcbccf1c76
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely serving as a lure to download further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting these sites, potentially leading to the execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c7debe844---40023049970.pdf
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3gvr2e1ul4mt0r1b8fvjqlet3/xodidipaxivezesuduxub.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609497446d21e---77709814977.pdf
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/56783574272.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c29c82b1e.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728e5eeec2c---94921869969.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b7be9f9c9f27424a68550ca4de6e10/bofebinadosovegosotovil.pdf
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/67293914804.pdf
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/2225036864.pdf
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/pomofif.pdf
    • http://sddshchb.com/userfiles/file/Fl202108301213318124.pdf
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42594610841.pdf
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/tetaw.pdf
    • http://aptekadc.pl/userfiles/userfile/pekekiwujudekesutemekoje.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210728164608.pdf
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekitukukotudevomaropila.pdf
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/getafodujegawuxogiriperi.pdf
    • http://malabarisproducoes.com/arquivos/files/89684721321.pdf
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/24633689966.pdf
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cc48a246a---rorugofumomewozuzun.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113618177f35e1ad7507da112581b008/solinorojugogefegizit.pdf
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021080416455783.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc8f2af2048bb520b671850463c71c39/55920785672.pdf
    • https://easybuildapp.com/files/uploaded/files/17186485108.pdf
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094869010f95---90093765928.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=0.45+normal+saline+davis+pdf
    • 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_off0001153d.bin
a92ab314bbed9d41d7da864c4d33da739f1a7174eb1c601edfed1886ad80a912
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1153D 18068 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014410.bin
94127b78b4aa2ae892f984214173b01cfe2d334c505952365de5b2934a175bf8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14410 10928 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015d5d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D5D 16792 bytes