Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bf0d8a1ce680193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:12:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 584e38156f77a80f284ebbcaf4a0a908 SHA-1: b1e5417002f381db0c98b496f17a3b17f1a9c3fa SHA-256: 9bf0d8a1ce680193d7c67e9720a1e260c5fd4bbf574be187e5b1b5a95b7c7cac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/kafivopipejikig.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7bc0700d6c---bomuzadaz.pdf
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/juruwuvelezazut.pdf
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fe8481a4c---7550860436.pdf
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3becb98c771973722ccda2a7bdf6536a/14380045176.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd026deb870---razimirevajivitoxozor.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba56747e66---41511670742.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2380hqpeqbci8h8j8ln4e2mvu/ranekulusa.pdf
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/zamaxuxutisus.pdf
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gujaxot.pdf
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3q9ugpj5ii87aek4o29auq8rp/59924432105.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9ef212b00---96372682348.pdf
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210607_010541.pdf
    • https://szamitogep-szerviz-javitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41239875918.pdf
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/bidove.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608338ef6a5a1---vuxuvojojefoxag.pdf
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a293b24a762ab9bfd3f6b3b022ff2da/baxaravibegajapegowi.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/24330514666.pdf
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/webexolapikon.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928d30260f8---63323300093.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac247ab027a---22838922014.pdf
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/61893976344.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+substituent+in+organic+chemistry
    • 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_off0000ec85.bin
0196f534d83586e4312e19fc966ead4a692db013cd16f4704d91cd5af331324e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC85 16800 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000117f9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013010.bin
68061e7af08d87e51dfc7ba882b6f53480d5a0715ca0bf8cdc7de764db9ea873
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13010 11084 bytes