Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ae0b9762a74f83f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:08:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: eeef9b3502e049445a7d1d9bd82b46e6 SHA-1: 43dc9045a1f471eb45d3df48dcc59b5a3abe7072 SHA-256: 9ae0b9762a74f83f1566feb1edff2c55707e1a5dc024cd65e4a05409afdea413
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms on disposable or compromised hosting further supports this assessment, likely serving as a lure to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rest+in+peace+messages+for+father
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/xikevetevubakaniwejog.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19n6ebjoop88n6q0pnrr1oi873/51325902020.pdf
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/gegejifejogubaruso.pdf
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n49393rv8nbqrm0o64f9m38pfv/busutofukupaso.pdf
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/kupekofidesazobufub.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8d0076447---38080965707.pdf
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/teparemozilefeli.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45514caa3ec3b54fa1f40faedd607ffb/turajunuvidopujifeden.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0bjs694q59j06hj5agendjmai/pilejeli.pdf
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/68726299789.pdf
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/xivawazaw.pdf
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3d41e8a9861fa15a847adcb98b34c8/sujodemosowapekozale.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a440da2ea9e---femevoxorofomibol.pdf
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/13899378121.pdf
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d620n5ciqv1mj8vugladt62414/siferozebubidakuduriz.pdf
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v244eo7udqi3m9215qjgar3lhk/xikirezitejutuzivokado.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d214e4e3594---24619611603.pdf
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/14386292998.pdf
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/29047744624.pdf
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/vorewavozomasawevu.pdf
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/1547177444.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39a828ed836d0133190f3c77f228791d/milemowuwepabogi.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ca85ada2e6d881b05b231e81a134da/gonebofigikaravelul.pdf
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773c7f28563---razibuwakotozezatin.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c6c64d632---xivukazofoxuvaluxowe.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_off0000f26e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a80.bin
5f30dd0106b301f3cbb1dc966b5dccd29b2ff70136ae8fccfdcaf38ee38877d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A80 16368 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013483.bin
c856d695be7361c8101013446c776a97729cf86998253f6eb6ecb691d9a771df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13483 10924 bytes