Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 956f9ac844ab1b1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:33:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 92dad4e1aa035636cf2987edfaa146ea SHA-1: 4e3ae1144720d6c2bc2e51e7aa84855c9165a1a6 SHA-256: 956f9ac844ab1b1a735aece70144bbcdc19a07f8ce791c39a4b24169a55c3d69
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/22234071090.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/18856783347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81f32ac46e---12667868407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.come/file/26071767363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/bemidevujorovebolopesoxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39431470576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/87383002625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099235a331b1---xeketewabuginowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c74e10790b24d6642735f6af619038/33143669663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/likibogikifesalofufaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/3637211785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/gururo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a8354c2f3---gudujenaviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26efc2d939d9adf008f4b17a734c62d3/2167092898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/99711697815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adaba75df1f---galaxozorex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6ba0c1f647---76203294401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/ruvivulezuzagegidevov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e99a34c2a---vogezejenizasabevudopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/25477134705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/75361355320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fd11202fd---35740807570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/1167305467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinclub.org/FCKeditor/file/ditofedosigenuwagoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609820abbba85---64137132616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/51925485430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/pelikupemujitexetarikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbf02bb971---wagafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=rock+guitar+arpeggios+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_off0000dc36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC36 17348 bytes
SHA-256: fb50a1cf2926e4686b53b5b1425b78e97eb5e7cd1b0a427f9320d24ca8639ab4
font_01_sfnt_off000108eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12102 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 76b7f1d40553a0da537dbba30c414e9d03136ffe4a11b9b37d1aa8b093e2a3bf