Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a12226649731ea2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 10:43:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 599e209329882ed7f9626aeed3f9ed54 SHA-1: 10d3ee0e5040d80cc9abb6007f15461c7722674b SHA-256: 9a12226649731ea2bb505b9e21caf1b7b0a14f517224a42010918705c1e15859
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, including one pointing to a raw IP address and others hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URI heuristics point towards a malicious document designed to exploit user interaction with embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/pemij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/28262497746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarang.com/basefile/files/mogifofoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://202.29.172.133/sar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefusedofalejupipodizazum.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b296f023441---74725472912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b268a6cfca14653432df464298d88280/bibazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a13b0c616---59739724241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klairtransport.com/uploads/files/35268691843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cf9769a07---33433593009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ad4539ef1---58297692351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/zovozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/53762480006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/8511037066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610cc474021ca---25264118845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e54230624e---83447768126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/943972686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdf1755f0e---85038261563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/tiwejuwekipopokoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9301958571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/56647860468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/53265795114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/vexoxikuxobuzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c532cfb16e7---saxuvetomiregu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c241a840845fcd38fc8c15a3bd24ccf2/95188544216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/57127081332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/61448846666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oie2drr5hjdgr2p3stkocuaei9/17542824164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=he+rose+from+death+neocatechumenal+way+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_off000169bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169BD 17340 bytes
SHA-256: 4441be26e7fb2868721e30bb52a231e5dfdcefe31de8dafe83c9903c34382596
font_01_sfnt_off00019734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19734 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 4eca0a5af1c0b7fde58a0d891f958afc90592ebd2ebf585f4868bbc8cb984b7b
font_02_sfnt_off0001b0f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B0F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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