Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91b9980c978c2c3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:55:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f1767d7971b0cb4759c38943409459e5 SHA-1: dee445e029fe4bf1a4175fc55f84ef8e905e1a49 SHA-256: 91b9980c978c2c3b0206af74b727632ba6c036dda4fdad1516440a252f8ca5f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gaunt%27s+ghosts+ghostmaker+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/38567446462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/teporuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/fibavoxovulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekurogunef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wazatilunirunujuziguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melhi68.com/clients/69549/File/62162585302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/14183728705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/06/21/file/20210621_051615_182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/98580657981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/idokajejoxanomupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/7996731343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2884cf3b1---11997894988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/ziximobilojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/16901920782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/46224621251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7476d1f873---39722127374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fad5af3a86---60395691816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2d23511da69bf5c8670b68488509693/govunevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kaxowevafomila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5130372ac1---ziroginolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zufajiveputogivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maplewoodmachine.com/clients/1/17/17f0ea2532424b9b8bf99baf53cd3763/File/87419804440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/40644709720.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_off000151f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016a05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A05 18060 bytes
SHA-256: da2fcd805ccf0dd14edda49471da68495a87434bce9cef959398449a1da30dda
font_02_sfnt_off000198ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x198EA 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 61d863d2892d388e459d11b58a6f3846d53a78133202ed4e3cb5044b3ba9f983