Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b2125564c4e2175…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-08-05 18:49:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 361c8ea51e702e65e1cfc3081d3c4cb1 SHA-1: 669cc20a75d1ceab2c9c13cfbe124eccd93330fa SHA-256: 9b2125564c4e2175524d91bf97bcb9ec38b713d298357492889b7cfc3992d8bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or potentially disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through these links, likely to a phishing page or a malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rafael+orozco+capitulo+22+novelas+latinas PDF link annotation
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0983e194a89ae68c38d1b8ae69d5e931/7406205604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indolabtek.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/pewozomixusedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608137a292674---83108875430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/xazukukinepidejupareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa99d6cb582---xiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7be23f898---watodafelozajimixudejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/bifoseterexiwamifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cec60b0e5---65249350342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/xukirupelojonapirutano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e98c4546498a5dfef141ddfe8940d88/93717995048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/naborusubuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/wejonobozavovipuzofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/lopumebuxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/36206206732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f801c984828---bonafegefurokupiwirapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25148c6b63---30915527788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4a8fc21891---semik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48d591a8ec1f90c5a287c7139540d423/lesejave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e246152ae---wubozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610629b006ce1---17397461154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe36554c02d7150758f5951451fcafe/37029245439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/pejinosugeworaxemita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aczelzalog.hu/tmp/kegejuzivabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de827ac8df---51764219218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/632692379.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_off0000d4a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A9 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 2ae4d1d02a3adcee7143fe1974cb16f72086f788a10c3f76a41f85a158b7e876
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE08 17224 bytes
SHA-256: ba8bc42a9a53b49c1429dd86eb501b6802ed375d05c0fb88e8fa6fde3ff8913b
font_02_sfnt_off000119b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1