Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b693f9970792921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-25 00:20:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 606d209d600ed8b4384ac5ba056db364 SHA-1: 853cdc48541234ba68c508d92bb036c43f3f58e9 SHA-256: 9b693f997079292162a26e1ddb69070c2eff167443f2bec3d198661a70cf080e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URI links further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=night+section+1+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11dd848e9ed4473051978371f21d240a/givewerufodumiwebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a2b080a586bae7769d6400631100bf4/silegofunawudipiwirove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cf64785c7---87635471942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/20685550120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d81970caa---sinaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/21899429347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioimaychaybo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/jifoduvijokawinuwilova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608174b46c78e---52011991881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/wuragakuxawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/pasaposejojive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/tosixonigekezekezepupare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modern-pro.ru/files/file/xedifururupajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0cd0464ea---pirediro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5171e98527---tejutodone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc8c463029---50866251086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dfb734dc3e---ragifubikepuvanuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/gekiwuvejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a998721dbd---40252663504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9e9341d77f5352012f2e364aef6f360/14679983861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/63989879260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/64814630887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/libenebogovuwi.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_off0000eb43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001035a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035A 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 5e1fc8577090b9565b5184eb0c62ab2e8e1fca4e038ab496b1ccf9a6bc9913a9
font_02_sfnt_off00011c59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C59 17336 bytes
SHA-256: ea47442359f0263ddb27003826f657131562023bf14e895c09befac62af61fea