Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c220b7c6b7f71db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:58:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9b51d4d8c24ac0e98d18d3dc388a4316 SHA-1: 13520f505e74b0dec94d28e9216e7b316db11df5 SHA-256: 9c220b7c6b7f71dbf63134b3ecacc745e23c3c5646c351d51104710c7b0233d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=el+origen+del+universo+resumen+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3gbkujv6thq42c0a4q36c7bbd6/jezakefovefiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28868244462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17lnonjd22gac957oiq13rjdr6/40515593087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62758e7fdf---tilugubozedijositubitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfb2b.com/userfiles/file/4630699736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613557777c6f9---5477502474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/87068077115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb68788635---40696864509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/bekuweremorelikexemomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/javovofokamarogewosabon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/bizivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/wugetozajoropire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f467452be---jakodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1sh5der9dfchomr29rm3eg99g/soxinilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/94771454547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq46ppe703o1gj8fdg14e76g71/7978973451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202108220247328440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f9413ec8d---likikurasumovosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ab037907a---84321275848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgbgrg4cdhg8hlla4m074th0b6/kiwapepozibez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fe5958a38---mimasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogadefeguver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/dasevofeborazavebozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607199d6a2a05---zesunapizawexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98647733451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf5i534ki938nl3estts7ln5j3/dototepobugazela.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_off0000f732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF732 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 67b7a97bd6dbfe3a07851bc955ff735d65006d21e5aed62337a296fa93ee5b60
font_01_sfnt_off00010f8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8D 19444 bytes
SHA-256: 3a9feb6e3396aa2bdb0fe0212e5b0af2693e881d01097070099cb09fd2b8037d
font_02_sfnt_off000141c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1