Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a6c170ceb1af948…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:44:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e3d02f07e93bd583d198b2108c0fe833 SHA-1: 49d8b602584c606eb509da19d864e1b514beaeeb SHA-256: 9a6c170ceb1af948815a7e4ab9f891f2e0113dd500ce8b2d8fa9f91a86c3b2a4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'Download Button' heuristic further support a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogelobejiledebikuwupume.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5f60580f71---jusotakugivesufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e09d79af7---8025330237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ftt56ei2i396rkct68ed63t921/fawepisazofebajuxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/luboladudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e4f436e037---nejififoxirawobamupilubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/377d804480793a49c43961a55eaa6d7f/sadejelogorowojizifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59c7923e792a159cdbba9fb42cb0409e/48527603053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50933002062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://health-bridge.in/upload/file/23979345202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoilhpnqbthanh.com/upload/file/kekelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e81fb511a---43345995883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/keluxipigobito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ec7c0f01b---febuvewovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5203f5e154eaefb5bbc8b5271584eec9/vozibisirogaboboful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/86076333313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/dibufoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/wizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6e6ec2451---18117636763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/26313270049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa0462bb96---kuvadasorutisig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161164727b6ea4---95485154093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=lucent+general+science+objective+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_off0000d143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD143 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e955.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE955 22436 bytes
SHA-256: a6567b81f56a8f0f1e45e18f531760b41d13dadbf001e113be8e7e2e2514b557
font_02_sfnt_off000122ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122EC 11188 bytes
SHA-256: c1e02e975cb5fa6d33cd63c5ebee4639cf789c8bc419668dd3a22ff18ca8b5c5