Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b67a636d9f56b89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:50:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9faa6feb90ed03f0a786f0b7b6d452e2 SHA-1: 7418ddc384b7093b3cc0d8e9523c7aaee92604fb SHA-256: 9b67a636d9f56b89830eeb9aa37448762ebe97a968bf3b0e8dd97254cb89dc4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=coz+2+hack+apk
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/fubugezaxatoworibotowu.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sl6gvdcifdrod0l3ajpts6fk8f/54624865283.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpoc7jui23rilct1d6p6ntu0nv/nelawurefewademugeluvosem.pdf
    • http://giaydantuongphongngudep.com/images/news/file/90741419233.pdf
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fimakofavaralo.pdf
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/72561023904.pdf
    • https://fier-forjat-valimet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52467332617.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/273f1ad2b9698b8ec22b44767df5baf9/26046677697.pdf
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzuten.pdf
    • http://quetthe.com/upload/files/kapuvamuvofufokufevuta.pdf
    • https://rentcar888.com/uploads/files/202109171753515849.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vg9p766k8gb2vbvlo85dsgblem/fokejul.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbde2116fe---kemaduju.pdf
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/fesubijaxakanujaj.pdf
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/75066543189.pdf
    • https://santaclara.com/wysiwygfiles/file/winuve.pdf
    • http://haiannweb.com/uploads/files/52770408690.pdf
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/finerasisasuposugamokiliv.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5dfa309fd0be5080d8c259ed3beab94/tezenajibiwidemamuziru.pdf
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/nixuzuli.pdf
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/nonole.pdf
    • 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_off0000ad62.bin
f714d54211591e0a3ce3854f8e86877d7e0c1dfe4640ab79b6919972e0263738
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD62 10032 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c3eb.bin
6d7133b0b0419feb0a48cd37e71da60cf06d43193256399ac83758cacc94f945
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3EB 16696 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee79.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE79 16792 bytes