Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9500b84fe09e382f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:14:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 886b4ad04f794c503910651dfaedd863 SHA-1: 574ab643fd93c7e1dceaa8eb5d1118c339b14b59 SHA-256: 9500b84fe09e382fe4b9ef0bcafa3778ed55eec76efe54214425cbd535cb0851
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting it functions as a link farm. Heuristics indicate it's designed to lure users to these compromised locations, likely for further exploitation or phishing. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+learn+embedded+c+programming+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76836858179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102b962292b6---vavifebigixesonebidunene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/30908525828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a205877d88a---36438151577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad67f8e86da---vudepidovabapugewozefus.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dbf1542de41851cb211090838f5937d/walomigoretal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c6731e6ab787ef11d6e42a3b3658832/70130855850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c377eb1ed1d---85799201225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a940b8ead4b---ledokonaxalenulodolemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayatrosetta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01k3acv1orej86ovcftl623gg9/zipapomajumutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blekinge.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/49692700508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f632754af09b0251c4b7a743c1108510/51545280917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/rikitevebopenelemabetitef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/9913525620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098aec9ab74c---pixowexosixavixukejulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/91849056296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jfoi4a6v84kdj3lu4qjl207rk/lazuvuwaweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilapedejegofiruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff88c41e6b31c81f88e5194beb1d0a9/97986781921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnbi2hhms3ikth6io0cgic17b5/runimirotexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/bumef.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_off0000fd9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD9B 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 70f83b5e192ccb55378978f7f46203522fc08022cc8ac2b5fc387cab065db239
font_01_sfnt_off00012db4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DB4 11012 bytes
SHA-256: b3c4e30ea7364a2a5c49e4986039876f86f61a59fd2aa44111ff9ca57c721656
font_02_sfnt_off000146d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1