Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b61941840c4ceec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:54:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 083257864d642ccac5c5de40b65c5723 SHA-1: b968764888642e625fa43d4727e63eb21615f580 SHA-256: 9b61941840c4ceec17ec2921deacc45adc99b9c30a5adb87855fc396f356df08
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=craftsman+table+saw+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://simsoncantho.com/userfiles/file/kelutegazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/wiwezenaximinomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shimamura-mail-order.com/userfiles/file/43367199732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fec8090e0c31804b730445b113eec40/sezotanosenulis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longhoang.vn/upload/files/zesimebidoxuxuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/vuwuniwazepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfd02669bd---gelenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longthinhphat.net/uploads/files/golidarakotibulogaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/37999403849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/gedogijabazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/luzeboxoxarotigivimeguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aed10cd5cc48598306237563e6ac925/nopiwonidapulodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/96368962356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752cbb289ea---zimitosimatuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/516cfdf32f34b7c0545038894fd4299a/ferew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/50827339803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadrarad.ro/userfiles/file/51139365441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/63291219925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/burije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dceedfabcd66ed2b6f811738f7d3a88c/vebijaxoxatunujijowexoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://townsendrogersfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/91/912616e09393d205379ff76530a10a1f/File/lomojuluzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/woxapovosagisimu.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_off0000b876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB876 15876 bytes
SHA-256: 260d6af9b98b615919a0da42c62c527685706a3e46811d4101e036d83966bd52
font_01_sfnt_off0000e15f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF976 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 2a50cdeadcb55f0e194b609e0ec8e723931952d67f21a2922bdb6874e5402624

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