Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a4442931d095f7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:02:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c9bed0eb668a975dec0aaa2320325325 SHA-1: d993f8d075d6691463539602f0a4d5bab787db22 SHA-256: 9a4442931d095f7ce067e483734bb8741e5bdc63c800cf0c9fc9137413317521
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely serving as a lure for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=after+ever+happy+book+pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dromi5r085rhn62hkoqrr93iob/95897199410.pdf
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/tiwefib.pdf
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/terasixosabejifupi.pdf
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/getexajipoweziw.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc84143cbc---petasipipimu.pdf
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/56476570269.pdf
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/44327417703.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df8c4a07c6a---dalanidadisoxaduxiji.pdf
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/lunob.pdf
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/80002603603.pdf
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/resikapu.pdf
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/19219661214.pdf
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3oq6bott1pa0gk0ck9mlf9b1v7/zixowi.pdf
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/timeleruzewiniwugamuto.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850e1beba19---97403459457.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086676314dde---41570340948.pdf
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/44131877408.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c3afa3364---73090294910.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d200a9ede68---95427972726.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c2efa72e7a0f6c4d0b04e29d5b47e6/56383035395.pdf
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p21bq6r700c2arn5i84a87gc80/62505758291.pdf
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/fodomupew.pdf
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c84f7d2c83---bejedatafiladobimak.pdf
    • http://xn--12cm8caae5d9a0a0a1dxk6dd.com/user_img/files/32582431187.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef7e.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7E 16092 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104bf.bin
90c34fcc6385ec9bf8df8ea3e8b252b6bccfdc54709d89a407f2ef6ba085ae40
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BF 17488 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013293.bin
4a0268425563f27a92bc3cc74fab0b1a38f9adb935e61e68673e41ce1700ef3c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13293 10580 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014ab6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AB6 16792 bytes