Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9243bad342756ef0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-11 04:52:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8b3b9a3f4d4605aae38b13cb28d8a932 SHA-1: d3c12230348f1335b0579c96b5b50cf3d015f3d5 SHA-256: 9243bad342756ef0b197607904fb5ec4c0bcfa96ee4cdcf8a8dd498fe4d4a6b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

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 http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewizujopelivapubamedof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e4c6eda6e---gusirigibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/71442335706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/favuxikaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpole.ru/sadm_files/60107934318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/30904105378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/90190363417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imhrcplsp3n8bag78r3113g761/1193056240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/gukejetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a385546ac7---25648815667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3baed3e3b---jusavaduxosebejodule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/kurisukanotofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af65774f7db---xuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaeventoa100.com/clients/f/fa/fa03970f5feff24be7017758158681b9/File/39137766408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609494031beb0---1056154521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/noxomaxunazufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021060918030753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fubunikafoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/munudawotenofofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/13547517613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/46940104677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/mokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2979e1053701045f21e56dd8c1684dd8/88498673319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210530_55725D63A5404B49.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=prime+minister+kamyab+jawan+sme+lending+program+application+formPDF 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_off0000f5bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5BD 17556 bytes
SHA-256: a6d25c219b0a00c6353cf51c6e0e71808c0c0b70101adcfd9a44b430bf7d7039
font_01_sfnt_off0001238b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238B 11524 bytes
SHA-256: 65b75572dc67aa180eb005d27ae56ee8e980db3f990e2f405fda567050f424eb
font_02_sfnt_off00013e79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1