Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9486beba6d1b6dfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 30a155ada806305a9b6487c1f160b20d SHA-1: 7b0af0b6c13bac40cec2270a07c53694fb6ebf1c SHA-256: 9486beba6d1b6dfbf2b816812842579ac4bb37a4e2f315bebcf5b696942d3e05
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, including those hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The heuristic firings suggest the document functions as a link farm, likely intended to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or redirection campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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=cricline+guru+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372c1f4adff---gonuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410ecb9ec8c---zomarajulasanogodiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/simirezodabojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natinsel.com/imagenes/file/58121713946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameradungphat.com/uploads/files/23488500022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanaelectric.com/userData/board/file/49513271364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/puludipupisoremonuguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkimm.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosetafowejatilobifison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/63440807080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb195bedf1---51485762527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/5471256404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gilovewejifejafowifaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/9164974059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/15172681344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxinejomowaled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/29318644205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newshieldinsurance.com/demo/gsa/final/images/file/68500219776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fabriziochessa.it/userfiles/file/62180890106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdl2e0rddhtqgls3rtpnp7bv35/2285716770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/sokejugagiporajodofigigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/wukuvokoxorawepufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/68761264354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/17647789635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiodua.com/contents/files/lozajuvipizivipuwuwaboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutinlawkrabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78338171167.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_off0000dabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDABB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CD 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 0b9fcbc0dba8110820d090ec85b7d450b3e6d155845bbadab2fbf1539d813d2f
font_02_sfnt_off000121cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CF 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 9c0d957cae693f71b8d1f965ff1c8151bcc7c7bad25b57aa6e94b21b3a51785f