Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a73c5ebf249a340…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:13:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f4f48cdbc8fdda796b37c434e6fbc4a4 SHA-1: bad1833273c4a0419bfad32413f4f35f02ed9d9c SHA-256: 9a73c5ebf249a3409cf3ac70b169e9d6f1a3119a2ee3fb7d5de9de965bb222d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure suggest it's intended to exploit user trust to lead them to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=assurant+medical+services
    • http://ridgefieldpark1967.com/clients/3/39/39eebdc8797e30ee23d4fd57d071fd44/File/57136823043.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqhjie7t3sts2l4lotbah3d8uo/13418227322.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608471daa373f---40751635638.pdf
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/87852048645.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ce411c45c---witusipema.pdf
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e150cefa79c260ab4fdf4d0bcca8d77/12727174807.pdf
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fafedokijipavavi.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f3d72385f---34939138768.pdf
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/72283450165.pdf
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/67489407374.pdf
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63402654bfe0288b801ba75148c3dd09/70366212840.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cad71a4520---sagofelimadapinomiwe.pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8b26859d7---leraro.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22d07d07b9d534b4c2e5ed2ceb94c3b1/25020256304.pdf
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/xinavibizevutefupuf.pdf
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/64893953769.pdf
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/pinasiwiritodu.pdf
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/gomumunobipodexokewagosi.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757be031969---fumibatu.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f994638e5a---80714810856.pdf
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/sadebakom.pdf
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/6605590235.pdf
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf3ee045e7b91c7cdf8060ae48090d57/litomakijozexubi.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff10e1e939---6882509072.pdf
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///72321790684.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f224.bin
a1fcfe9d20b8f655fccc2ba4c57f9cd45cb5f935fdc96e9b82a409b9238595c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF224 10560 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a38.bin
c57fd78f7db71e2c41644cd24eecbdc06b62c8cb21fb2eebe37225389a80f4aa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A38 17532 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013867.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13867 16792 bytes