Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ae30b7b6588b831…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:55:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 676cc5599c4c6c27f993bb7517e064ef SHA-1: 60a0bb0896882e4022e880e200e20cabd92ec1f9 SHA-256: 9ae30b7b6588b8313c91f8ecbffc06cc592c55727004881bd1c5a7f23478f15a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely serving as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=space+racing+2+mod+apk+unlimited+money+and+gems PDF link annotation
    • https://villadorottya.hu/uploads/frontend/files/15057362728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpogfzz.com/attachments/202109/editor/file/94104777280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/vojebilaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/gagelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/76130636252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weshare.vn/attachment/files/27904625746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79d43e071d255a3c5a407b89a32a65f8/24495111113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/dejifaxamuvidurofefarene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf2r7at9elrd3svvfjvgvev1b8/pawodevonidakeviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabarigamebolinagexele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/66872359055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phulieumaymacbaoco.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/kuvipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149e32e1b55c---67783318105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c972eb9eeb---kujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanggroup.com/webroot/img/files/20037438328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d135518dd2---teres.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/51214297403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/94982432408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riwg.in/userfiles/file/fipoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjp2-hotlink-j3t.com/contents/files/92800237841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5df76cfc9a31fa587261731cd6672e2/99771226529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/5157505759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isuzuphonoi.com/data/dulieu/files/50283572511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/wixaxoteripuwubunoz.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_off0000df9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF9B 11356 bytes
SHA-256: 68062e36bc10bb7c5f951d37a95316307e1e7b6bfd9e98ba37990a218b9d3f8f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11243 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 808192ecbe0ef5432fddcd5998e599f04c8a2f90a50c896848c3efafcdac01cf