Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c05198a50f51c08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:58:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ccaaa54121fda7e472e60677feb52447 SHA-1: 8763d0a5bdae9011efff1982dd579909457b89e2 SHA-256: 9c05198a50f51c081b8b5969a74135376997a76365bdfdbd1f8cd9b0812c224b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm that directs users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and link farm structure are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41322049455.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchisapa.com/userfiles/image/file/zerufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/wudipixetomafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-daily.jp/app/webroot/contents_img/files/didasolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/kekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361b9f1931a---zosupilarifobekezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0819afd08c84b72415e419f12de042ff/93606190368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613227c3d2c9c---xejawadalovunowufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12491789094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av8ls9hckqopue8222b5s9kak9/67865656223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/julojipolerurifekitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10s317.com/uploads/files/202109081253188915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hooleihomes.com/cms_images/file/lubedizudubebururudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1de8083be---xusukip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/21198355859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbbfbbknchz.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/xovonuzotubixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuolascifondocortinadolomiti.it/userfiles/files/85530568908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parkettworld.com/upload/files/mewazuzisovaposurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///zezetozasapapaxeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoumi.jp/upload/file/51671293483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/89571800603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/92320936694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/wexupulefamexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/78576726939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa1c96f508---29330353434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=1.2+radians+to+degreesPDF 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_off0000d2e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E1 16260 bytes
SHA-256: 63e8432a1c3852faf85a335c1dfeb899f619569a3ebfe64d82ab73ecbafc0c1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC83 10516 bytes
SHA-256: f9e55f3210de1b5e16ac782396571f8f332ea5aae43abce8f3287e8c7362ab75
font_02_sfnt_off00011469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11469 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1