Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9299bd358559cead…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 22:32:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c605bddd4cfad04358317951bae421b5 SHA-1: 8b018ead0dd97cbee604cb996aabe0e153da755d SHA-256: 9299bd358559cead6d74095eaccea14220b5d6e0ce3919c220dd5f6b568ed43a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613170a52fd15---80942159720.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://es21sys.com/userfiles/file/90220757872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuaphucluong.com/uploads/image/files/61566603244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prctech-th.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69456483114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71809453362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexpert.com/userfiles/file/55902686370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6970551791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/kapumiwamaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfo-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/lojejagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ee72e089305d38cbee3c15c50314e4/kobuxaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdudyogtechnologies.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwukedinovosojedilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/11071354918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133823155d66---pirajugepofapagibovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupelamiri.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/rodojirigakapekonason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myagenda.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/xupevasixelami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/64206760069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/tivasonegonawafojozafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85862489317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a488656dc7---85316396846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/87587061912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d68946ed2222cffb9a48bf47b4e5029/zasafowojowafidimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents/files/17224626817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/78611977714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebus.cn/up_file/file/nowiduputobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=hacker+gangstar+vegasPDF 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_off0000cf6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF6E 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 7bb99d0e1381474093765124901af4e4fb39f6125497662417be357e2e7c548e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE4 10296 bytes
SHA-256: d15794c2fef4d099b42aa03ae22c73cea4246e3c6f8e5e09cd677213db651f8a
font_02_sfnt_off00011541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1