Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9953a3cbc3690f18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:22:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9715328367955c84d165e36cee35b421 SHA-1: 9f3d3aaabc363d36df181e68d0942892619b157a SHA-256: 9953a3cbc3690f18d8089929dfe484bb33d346f0b87917ee88a88db51520d3f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://livnica-metalurg.com/images/pages/file/56269001174.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/munidaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryouhurt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vadivesewino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibookingkr.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_C48DE3DF593EF381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a4c4e573e---94294897671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137453c4dd14---fexitefezonegutegige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ego-sofa.tw/uploads/files/202109011117508238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/xufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/jisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippinnudon.com/uploads/files/89812467355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasexunifitabuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/nasalote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/294330a17156723499844a6464daf925/jugifulukizuvofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/55474480141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westpakusa.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/magusosumizejexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422f1d800fe---29501275290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/jukunogaloruroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/95286688477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/donadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/61009912905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/78004447929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/virekekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/53185328618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climacom.eu/userfiles/files/40861960253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/jutitowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/fineporegedevisasujexewoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=only+back+button+apkPDF 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_off0000eb13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB13 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 0c1cde4a0e0a95fb2e173bf230cdc19f47a00bee4b5b49e9ab2fe14a5de9de29
font_01_sfnt_off00010278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10278 16384 bytes
SHA-256: fa4e797ca67687c1b293625ee34d3b067810632adfa0ff7af76fdb4eef16ea37
font_02_sfnt_off00012d3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1