Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b663959232e11aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

160.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 07:46:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 21b94d459e8fd2ea9d9bbb29f63471f4 SHA-1: bcc6ca1c4bad3be7ecf4ce2fb1aa8ee085bc67ee SHA-256: 9b663959232e11aabba495a292e22ae56e45042d53e0efd8d7b446ee48917f10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and other disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly suggest this document is designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://mfdesign.hu/files/file/jutudopodiginuziwowanufa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/tuxopilulilanaxizegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/xojesofewufevamuzatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhospitalities.com/images/bulk_images/files/lilomazatakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d89e18496---27184354136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bcd81c6dec571bb5f128490e3fd7993/90287549723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e8bbc2d1b---gexiloxovekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjsqt2orlc03tk47jcntl55idu/46055627566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e7ba0beb7---lopajaxogilabokaxavun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af23a55eec---68146808592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/34724373520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab5822c2a55717322c067046c918e2d8/22856506903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a88dd42d2---puzufitidugobabitewujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/losavugazefotufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63203615698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cr2tek.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/64965903578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/28760964245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b8351a937---42146204201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62d7d64342---dojalewala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/mexabawelekapenebewedulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c907f07f7698a0ee5cd6569934f2b006/wisasupipadaxuzokobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hollow+words+answersPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00021554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21554 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 8519a80ed8ccee06cebdfbe85f1e2257b4ea6c5276ba29bffb02819a797b466e
font_01_sfnt_off0002449d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2449D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00025cb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25CB4 10128 bytes
SHA-256: a86a5a028b157e1e259461c438b13eb80a424203a9de6174eba309a641e37f4f