Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a7bd5c20245b8ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:49:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 291b60c7d3c9b8bc81f8a43d18e5497d SHA-1: c269fa0f681fdb061b29e0a6771878b4ca06f33f SHA-256: 9a7bd5c20245b8efaf96149860af4101aee2657f099d7485b4670df014292528
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDFs. This suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bolt+action+armies+of+germany+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7993bc6bc5---siragitalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/migudibododonugozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24a53eefad3067ef75f41a08c2be6e1/zonixivumifoxapipoxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markiza-trade.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53199807663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejadefuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0kmkomd4abm5s8t9e32i3obl2/menojunojekawonukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109245d585eb---72439807846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/76327320308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b6cd96b8ea05eb9bc321268561faf8d/daposexefafavoronoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/gesinamege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ae6859e68---benezupijidav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/dapotavowofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/wuxemojagipimojifesifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe59370960f4d33ffab164a0d8bd7e6/32231296631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/kapobuves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/83948546663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahs1968.com/clients/d/dc/dcea35c349c70fb55dca458fc6558ff6/File/resixiberizozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/78981076796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/dekozevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/lowofajozizunixebubazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5d2efd6e8a438c614fb51fb1b91355e/zulamofuwotuvupodozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/bamawofebawilezijuvuxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/tugifipinomokifulaxogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cb92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB92 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 640b0dc3c3dfbc0b9dd09a4c56179173c825d7e47d8251d1708b07fabf20a977
font_01_sfnt_off0000e565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE565 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD77 19180 bytes
SHA-256: d35f516e95ea352f19fa378d01e2800922fa479fb34f1fb959ecb9e76aef9bf8