Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9957051a518a5fe3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:03:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ca368cb04c00ed60f9d5b491a513e368 SHA-1: 7431b26e776ef207434286938e99f01abafda0bd SHA-256: 9957051a518a5fe30607892d859b50149024afd307f4549dd0d5c84178ca3968
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=doc+convert+to+pdf+software+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30e217d3ac65211cf411a89e750d296c/vulagupifekagibixidepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d2f001b67---wewatexejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/jigosuzajuvodisefopozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tedesco.pl/userfiles/file/44687081463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/85268572672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a92896c50---tijikofivawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/rawunifuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/tebejewuzagalofikaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/futetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/jotexumuxokinunudaxapebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxi.cn/filespath/files/20210823114444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geo-decouverte.kenamedia.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43198396099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/xolatasevofiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/59821037677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/10717489222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/nilafuzesofojipibezafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/46915625001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bbe386ce0431828e5b7b576d8d875d8/91196249251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216289324692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/79180325326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rnralpha.cz/res/file/dulubujasirivix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/xujegezavobigububaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/konurujefaxufogimabusazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/bedubaxanuwajewine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/mapogituzevinijumitu.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_off0000d8bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D4 10672 bytes
SHA-256: a6de60c59e0f722be9c2cb30f720be4be489501c811ada570cb90f6454efa0e0
font_02_sfnt_off0001097d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1097D 18816 bytes
SHA-256: e49aa81afa3e4c063cdc8ec90433b92c58a6dc4776385d1f0b370c1de2bc1215