Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9705c5aa1cb66400…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-07-10 12:38:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 30573cb534311053531e9d98b9c4f77f SHA-1: 930b8eee2199dae8db9426bdbd942ae2d15628e7 SHA-256: 9705c5aa1cb664007f990e651a17fd9175cf17b7055a938ea56a2a0850259036
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it functions as a link farm to facilitate malicious activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chinese+rmb+to+inr
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/99558082446.pdf
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/gawuxosiguxobivezudeb.pdf
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/tezewotozovitorinafam.pdf
    • http://gyobel.it/public/file/58657435110.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab45d492ddd---25275322513.pdf
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cee43326e8ed254aec5796f11889ab0/23104286387.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d575e9d908c1c05f80e81fa651d93d0e/tavugoda.pdf
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents//files/temek.pdf
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/wojina.pdf
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70870393435.pdf
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/26453833950.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f9523a6bc54b07c9e209ea643f82ed/beboxejuf.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6adda77c9b---8671543138.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/putagumasuzeboxen.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/84366521566.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mrmj6es91ea54f67rfe2llku1/76840393779.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608703e689206---27480678977.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e646dfabf8a---45935099646.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4c0db04cf---doxuwulodisunoxusawumepaw.pdf
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/74158102095.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bf1c20d451be39dbcb8690c96414e2f/vujubipo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cbc3.bin
c3a4ecfdae27b0404f9e47039f27fdb33cea52eb079a39f899311fd6352312cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBC3 17228 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f82e.bin
7d4add79cd0837935f8cbcffb2dc81f9e4a08687917eda6217a1db275264e2bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF82E 10336 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f54.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F54 16792 bytes