Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9afc69160191b003…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 17:03:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c147d81efe3989dc9c608e52245e945f SHA-1: 437c1392c7e4c57868d9a6c610cdc1d4d3a4fe5e SHA-256: 9afc69160191b003c12d8d9e1c326e19a15e8e9789d0aa46c5437e2f7afff2ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+jerarquia+de+operaciones+basicas PDF link annotation
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4fi2hnsvqqsr4njg1cjj1e8q4/20898778731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/kojidukuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44da2b3c192b7e789ebb2908efb79f84/mumigixemeledu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/47694656290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50lu38ru1hd89g15kd99gldng2/bawati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogoducthien.com/uploads/files/polodesebofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatizeruxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/78747097959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/87430762586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748267d6483---fuluboruvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d041203fac---30856019823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/92767854920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8071917a0---xutarebav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/vumodinukiwixiwararinaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/90674958815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/53561477348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b99c55f98a---zafuwivitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/kojodunebavoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0f8b71dad---pawebojifoguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a766r2o78el00rs130k5l25t92/wirisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/vumuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/najujafikitizasesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgla3a003nqlebvkse80kig0j3/dudijakujuduputubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177af78a5cf3f439aaccc8b76801e464/zewenifibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/47807512120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ebbe9e7d25b0e5e99dbb2a071f419b7/15837686636.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_off0000f18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A0 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 9a23acb704de106b7124a909e6b1f4d91df492ceb54146fb63ac2d8df431b22e
font_02_sfnt_off000138a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A3 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 3fac5b38ed0905c79e0747d4dd7a756df7b67832c5bd3ac5a06337129783b434