Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a85475c6c0eb268…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-08-31 07:15:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: abee4d9a1cf2b7a528eab5c56747b0de SHA-1: 4196e5801e7128fb0fff2bb8b6dff3d21ce0e920 SHA-256: 9a85475c6c0eb268f9e9b4bef49ed4fc3b46c2561606a5f6537d5df37b8728b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, a common technique for distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's a lure to download a second-stage payload, likely involving JavaScript execution within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b771c71fead29edffba7bf963e6a67/losurivawiguker.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/misobiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/folefovufokekejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/tiwokepuvezarilifimasuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb7dd29ed10---92477281218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f60eaeb826a---54606031051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/43899863985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/26449321622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1fgrluahafv49417j3hnls8u2/73462260922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanders-scottfamily.com/clients/26926/File/dijubebijekoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soosekszer.hu/upload/files/84654320952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90415624257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/joduweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/mexuwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/lagurokowadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b1ae0508d5---76270888700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/garuvosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/29087330242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9cd90ab748092d421a94e9a47a82389/kojisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/89662935223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47169215ca---22801286042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29373a1c6859be4b805c717be49a4193/91167348657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/vedesuzidolakigoduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607620dc0549e---98228738405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=sikkim+quiz+question+and+answerPDF 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_off0000d212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD212 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA29 10924 bytes
SHA-256: d37f3d50c64a581600f97ac4e66947077cb5ed8930517d1f605bb81866fc62c2
font_02_sfnt_off00010356.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10356 17592 bytes
SHA-256: 414c6263e8691ce2ccdde00cc219710c9263be55ecfd6040d0eb886adae035bb