Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9761088ee8380816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 18:05:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e0c8300273e001660ab3cb736659911e SHA-1: e7ccfcbbbd0eacaf3232924b5eb0b36545b84265 SHA-256: 9761088ee8380816caf39ca51c5be8952be63d4f97b13ab50fb3a66b608af4a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external URIs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maximum+screen+time+by+age PDF link annotation
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edf92fb16029b38a5d4335857b4a48e/zesaxakulinexikuworiruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/mexumevakumenigotebezafus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16760004411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831d364aa8a---gobozikapexodufazikekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1ac284c28---buwavekega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agavietnam.com/img/files/34698037433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709547916ef---89423922945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapacargentina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deboxinajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/zixosubodibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/66117433564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quaint-house.com/lisarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/27150337896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b9bee7e0d042900006f5507d23ff01/tabojagukifapunuguxiwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/wodixefagakaduresetinawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fe14a5b4a---52669234668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/58907795041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehayemek.net/upload/ckfinder/files/23090649279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc501089d00510eb2a40e3c8a52e4f23/80327889488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/98101525272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddeb2d7a86b7d08af67af21cbed1dd04/netefipigubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610061ee2397c---xedupogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/42706476895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84730064023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a751ab561---87959756838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hi95n9kf2rngsf5sohgssfmjb1/21483686978.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_off00012fd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000147e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147E7 18732 bytes
SHA-256: 1cada68032304d6f0e25ce7355cb79e6682b47dea5ad7d676aa772150b284ba0
font_02_sfnt_off000178f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178F9 10856 bytes
SHA-256: ea43caed15f3b6e2df74b41997e2920f7c8b7fc51c2e65f61c22b6f40648e116