Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ac644858c81ed2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:09:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e56fb26e0fe47b9c8323f285bfa3ffcd SHA-1: d692505b648a8ef86b93c7d3e87509150bce8fde SHA-256: 9ac644858c81ed2fdf4553963bb481f235ddf00a22ae844df25890a24f40d4b5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_URI heuristics and the high ML score confirm the document's role in directing users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nutrient+deficiency+in+rice+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098301883f0f---bekilunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/93602569625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608952f8a428c---81372357698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/432091f363ea9a022dc5f929f8b14d5e/48711844839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db85seeo5s1g16j3ab1121dp0l/32995579627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/21681581277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasicimosnov.cz/foto/Image/file/lamazukikewuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/jometijijozexafolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112807a3bdbe---rilujujudamumevizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zewonunopovadiwenewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307134adf25---77098211107.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/06/file/202106291312483918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/tagoxewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/52287777414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99e766e503fb8bd930effdd20ff3431d/delapozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b49442f14d---xiludijojiras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///68221014223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/56350146695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ffeade2c4e9608d17cbe91e6b837ff6/65579733660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibconsulting.com/contents//files/pibemupivawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewawunobaleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fd5b176c4---dikikixenuveteginidam.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_off0000ff5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11772 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 52fb472cd829f16273a7fb5d53219fd1cf115ff322f20fee6c4f3048cfdf7c1e
font_02_sfnt_off00012ec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EC8 18644 bytes
SHA-256: c2492d78bcdcc9516d2d3910e7695502ff8775c7ca4d07235abba168c9223917