Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9659514a21a3dba9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:21:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 41c0c755f5c9946c345f0dbc970ec162 SHA-1: 73a999e8fdf2c0c28d358df26899da09e557940e SHA-256: 9659514a21a3dba92dae2d40061b092ba6d4d77d6cd5a4fb26c06192242674be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan PDF. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF's structure and embedded content are consistent with attempts to obfuscate its true purpose, likely involving the delivery of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+u+find+the+mass+number+of+an+element PDF link annotation
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/pifigodawibijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mudozamalusifiwatuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf3726607eae924547ff1881eac702dd/fulizujazogodagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85df7e4431de9df6b7dd602cbf79cffb/25054467734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a574a5af948---gidigares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f38aeb49a---pupimufutawedojajilavotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petersonspann.com/clients/3/32/32c4b2f41fa698b5b938e848169c8dcb/File/gukuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608002396296d---57571503240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/vipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/10510226992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c94b29ccb881eae5945653d107510f6/84455701491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7bfd170bb---gerem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/datitobuzufom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/94464759016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c732e419362---1111180433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/wamubuvupizasexisexodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/9393681832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ozisozesepivenujevejibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-31/20210531033305203308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a34d117662---8772283639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g13kpv3d1e6uf6h5i6jg698ubq/rodelibofilobatesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72b353e6ca---lizebalasufugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/38904604775.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_off000103a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A4 19372 bytes
SHA-256: ce435f339165b9ac0167d38623afdeb49c49b54ed6d9aae8aaec9fa8fbad7065
font_01_sfnt_off000136d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014eec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EEC 10936 bytes
SHA-256: a39d973a95dbfe84a838027391957b27c497792522461b70262053f3339ee349