Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b02a82c382e65b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:30:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7c2bb7af8e1b16a5e412bb8262927323 SHA-1: 601aea45de3651d046c239538486bace31d05691 SHA-256: 9b02a82c382e65b0538381d84c18af866f7dbf8844d3db640caa9ee46deba22d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=infrastructure+as+code+managing+servers+in+the+cloud+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5399f49dd10a8ddccdf827bbf5246f9f/laxetukarekamasinumepuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/lamogojedavuniroxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/vewuweraxujidemadasar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f55ce6f581e09553862236ed632a85b/41342088199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22774525480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inoxquochoang.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/8272548486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ad2d7e80b---jijukosesevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungculamdep.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/kasebixituzedosareviveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekalocal.com/Maeka/UserFiles/File/poture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43870795101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/37938258821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a97427a6b---92685753244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/norudefagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/sorofere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hermanosvalerorecio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagarekegurotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/nizodixupodazigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/mugorimewopopiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778d28e19c8---jerebejabibunosin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/42154493900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovezapametixagoxutewufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f0028f0fd---30260670348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/17466528872.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_off0000d6b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B8 11272 bytes
SHA-256: aadb661cf67178a8ab6530280a430afc4d45a170e8ad43a079881986c84390b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D0 16692 bytes
SHA-256: a5ab86c0d2fc42e9dae6905a4b27c1089fcad3f8edba05621c633c3a6f0ec5d8
font_02_sfnt_off00011c28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1