Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9452ef2d6d6406e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:18:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f8b86b5b2f11fcd787dd9a12df24bf6d SHA-1: d2046b76be4c4920d480312b4c8403dcbc0f4094 SHA-256: 9452ef2d6d6406e6cc39be4cc02797ef06610a0188e3438f6475aaeb7dfad7d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into clicking these links.

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 http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/87083186500.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/xojazumazalare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/komutuwazewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/rekemalaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740a6cd9a45---womikamerabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67871614977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/92201131693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/314671dc9b362e11b2682bbe3cc4d873/zidakibalexagogupopeweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b9155bf9e2---juxajusokiwexovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/352b9dc040de3dfd6c9034e2f345b8f1/63286560335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a44c11b9ac81a3341841558494bb814/27092278246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/24544589713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hdurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/fixotoxosewapugetokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/86837883499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb4c2129b3c9a77f28a9a05e5634460/18106090606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b76a38cb32---26342857687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swvocal.com/data/se2/file/jabijasabekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/87216512167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/89051686527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/safepuparanokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtrierreunion1962.com/clients/6/64/64567561842b0bbd40b956adda0282a7/File/5146085332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvarkeno56.ru/userfiles/file/36582486981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a098b025306b3f34ae29ef84a5de35a/95463754315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=an+inhabitant+of+carcosaPDF 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_off0000f6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D3 10376 bytes
SHA-256: d2bd7ec22262459e06bff15fa616d891e6f7f215af961f2ea2a1c5e00dbc1aae
font_01_sfnt_off00010e3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3E 18540 bytes
SHA-256: c70d052e6ab145846cf4acde5102d9aaf5b89b3e0c5081f923482afc09723c52
font_02_sfnt_off00013e82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1