Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9524e36b9e038cdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 22:38:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f27da0bef5efba340c0d0fd143416f11 SHA-1: 9f446108b34b0846cc41fac49806f87012199816 SHA-256: 9524e36b9e038cdfbd798ccffb7746d83a5d3a0826055f487266905067f0b37a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, designed to lead users to download files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://hotechike.com/files/files/54458098473.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/birugofixavutidagula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd902a36cf---lawexexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/are4ijnb28tqo4sq4g177ba94r/fukijadalosuxisokibuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/58788101841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb666c6af2---69036011602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/wedowasatusoporir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/18084253556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4b0145add---kememopajekulosekiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/13515177409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/79447218688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrbossamktown.com/uploads/files/xorevivirajode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/xumuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966d6569fc3---kojomufotefowukona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44594124415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46561458304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/bafolunidirifobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b10b59548b---bikomalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/sutikusaposexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/dufumatijifure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2b929a0f2---mivolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv9vkot1ur3hgvuhe7k4jldb2m/mulujunomujuzixowir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.org/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/remofojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/dodugemare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=bomb+squad+mod+apk+revdlPDF 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_off0000fb3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3B 17136 bytes
SHA-256: b17d9d959966fd42aa8af8a7ebf8a175af5bc9bacfc4e69ba678224970d92b49
font_01_sfnt_off00012821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12821 10856 bytes
SHA-256: ea1c9e324a488ac1461ac683e472df7add8fd15ca1b6c90f194a43cb47d8a0cb
font_02_sfnt_off000140e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1