Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b177d2835bd6af5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:19:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f5f4806b031db399bd024497e05a0ea4 SHA-1: 79bfa0beea1d6daee35f8f926ca8aa3aadc5c668 SHA-256: 9b177d2835bd6af588e69290ba28e0b33fb5306933cf7554d6dead2e4d9fa79b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to lure users into visiting potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://secretlove.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57499884885.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c748c0ef061---tugere.pdf
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/pononazixexixe.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa9a8e1bd77e431f7f4cbfb29ac7bb3/16506490920.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be84cc39a7b1edb7419ff226e94058bb/didavenifik.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1ab906a572c3cf29fcc158081246429/1556447721.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cd8c14e39---diwon.pdf
    • http://nwmanagement.ru/generic/uploaded/file/fepisasaregapo.pdf
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716e1a2f67b---67213746569.pdf
    • http://ariogalospspc.lt/userfiles/file/tinuxodarefelebomog.pdf
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b28931820b60a4e12301564e2f51942/ratudijepuxogen.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/kugifatamosojav.pdf
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42882469883.pdf
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/alj32srbpflrbu5oik4nct4o40/magepenikapetatotoxa.pdf
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/23549878065.pdf
    • https://episcopiaoradiei.ro/files/13114470358.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927f9a6a292---zisidowononebunafuxuvo.pdf
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/39573487194.pdf
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ee6439a803---73539876767.pdf
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/28318644173.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7207d1fff9---femivatarusat.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a5efded24563aa3bbe455d98876821e/1653342474.pdf
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/fuwef.pdf
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/tamizazixenajalexixilik.pdf
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufuvete.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=merge+data+from+2+worksheets+in+excel
    • 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_off0000f721.bin
2d0c776296e65d0da1f89316dc76c2135d264992589529e94860775be8650c95
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF721 11316 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011187.bin
88eef967998a16e73d47d4560a6d008aab0525f51632e9c2c472e34cf567630e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11187 18608 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014197.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14197 16792 bytes