Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad6ffcc0500b50a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

138.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5d95c460bb039ca9424cffaf9a11db81 SHA-1: 6d0711c94b9b6a6aad1275b330cfea296874d13e SHA-256: 9ad6ffcc0500b50a36a1d97316b2d1af81e16846419a4b37a8c2710b5c940ab5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as a malicious advance-fee scam lure, likely designed to trick users into paying fees for non-existent prizes or parcels. The document contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, which are typical of phishing and scam operations. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate malicious intent consistent with phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=anarchy+system+of+government
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/kerafafina.pdf
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/92460347258.pdf
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/1194463552.pdf
    • http://hhs63.org/clients/8/88/88ec95b665b56da82b1de85f097fba10/File/99960935890.pdf
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/makosetupajesuko.pdf
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/81334675832.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/233c011cb1a7e23823acfd437fb1c597/zikopabome.pdf
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/dusabufigufijel.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607248fbc2d89---67998487871.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808379c3979---subabozuturitofosakat.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071372fcc6a4---romatedoxuxurezodek.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00302e88c2---10334200789.pdf
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/pugizap.pdf
    • https://locktactyuma.com/userfiles/file/butanaludirumixarix.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8ca127f08---12722603782.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcac1e0749---29937944023.pdf
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79850535590.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1bf4e819bf---xezosiwatibaviratifefo.pdf
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c06d9027a4d473c98e9477ce2f46e91/48100169147.pdf
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65757928f7a8303d20234ffacaacaf98/60757685476.pdf
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj27psl83v57idfanuqb7uldf5/dufudukinibosukapawibo.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e0f1e078f---27094816147.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n37q1oqouiphmivh0l4av5hcsu/bumubofojunakibadetibuj.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e87071535---musulajakopabelupovejowi.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_off0001bad5.bin
68d09a6b1452700602e5faefac718230a7143eac1f3ca29ad2968ba4c4de2bf7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BAD5 10804 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001d3ab.bin
37575638f987d19297c13c135341146cd939beca6a92d8a64ccb9cd42e473244
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D3AB 18852 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0002034b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2034B 16792 bytes