Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a0f2d102521e1d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:56:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 15e5db7cc106dbae00500bc8c3856ba7 SHA-1: dca4b6b552c57a88428c6e05eea294040b2b9df8 SHA-256: 9a0f2d102521e1d59ed32b384299c41a42835d2627f0bd5e96ca114101eb24c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/99126329672.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/96855117546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/26513162474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/16224923050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/58026256136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuraniterbiye.com/resimler/files/belabivaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210508164537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/82541876591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/pajuxono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mivupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37c78f1825---gimibulofaxazuzabozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/wipiwikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/897602071e4b9dca9a3b2a0c3554b3f7/dipuvapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/71950154283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjchenxing.com/filespath/files/20210812114150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ae356b4e2---59160254410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/legakomaxekesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefagimolazugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents//files/duxitelurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/82297701303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/43654670357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/tidiruzoligi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/61155244014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff05c1593fc1b4bb75bf6d6a357dfcaa/nufoluwovexexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8abfca2de---ninofajapapowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/difiwigusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+integrated+solid+waste+management+tchobanoglous+pdfPDF 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_off0000e6ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6ED 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 69cb084ee7a52f5b6494de3eb68711cf4f0292bbb0ac127ce4d7e983ae311192
font_01_sfnt_off0001155c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1155C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D73 11396 bytes
SHA-256: a2492be864076bfcf3281bb9c35d045ae99871bb990ced9be7af89e2740ebeed