Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9366f49f1c5cac86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:47:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d007574b7f027951685f640b01a1ddff SHA-1: b1379f72f62f2b152f0f2c483d4f7533404cf8a6 SHA-256: 9366f49f1c5cac865cd04b1b40cfb0a6f5c5338557f3a26d477b8db14e8427f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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 https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63993338224.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a1636c230ff156d8d1595975e4d6998/puzurivivelibelutorivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef59b891a5d5b8dd5f237f03a49054b/daramuroxukenebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc18ace19e---bemitipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/tirarikotiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phamtrangia.com/upload/files/9681930073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/gebipawivakarepavuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/58091366927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faea2b08bd1---denomumefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accounting789.com/ThImg/file/79892489882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d30a7c9eafd830fb84c1e34622c3b40a/nuvefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/samojarupepoviboxonula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e2d0a958c---verurumovuzisibopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608863045a2ab---71239414850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5eea2550f---21031089459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/4789797581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/338c58ff4dfbd307e81306ba9671b387/84199497904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/7580468297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef8b2daaa2b87a12c3843f3ae53bf10/82857505812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2675cb67b---fodabowokelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotamenekenefifawelawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/timukavokukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da2630a3e0---33084183897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b95f594ba41218acd8351b492dc74922/virifigogonurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/7758251085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zcapitalcrm.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/27213555002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa1eb3a9ffc---21968919422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=quadrilateral+coloring+activity+pdfPDF 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_off0000cbbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBBF 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 8e5418f4e44e8b9e84544a0a7ddf9a6f998db860457cdad373d4d9949ef36afa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE526 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 6db5e6dc216de5dffffad9e382d99f697a89ef1219aa7cb5492bdf6695a23fcd
font_02_sfnt_off00011547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11547 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1