Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c22f04cdb4d0a44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:50:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a85f30beacdc3b494c2f0213461cfc4b SHA-1: ff433906662390f3081d0e4868656ebd105b45d7 SHA-256: 9c22f04cdb4d0a44f01a6ec21cf6d27572130879e0404bcca598f94998be1204
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing and potentially a trojan. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/570cf670f7392db9822c12cdd8d3163c/zanede.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/32623987051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9027ae6ff---bakasuzakenekesedufisofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/pusapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av72-reklama.ru/userfiles/file/16267908524416c46745f6edd947b4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4auhus12l05pqr0vis4810sff/54269322254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092401ad1b0b---lazapavuroxuxapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35cd687595---6923692112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/8177594904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce0ef9ef9b---33134427818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b7854125c---nibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/kusutidexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/63394318206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigaintan.com/contents/files/70594867672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/polupozofiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1975geegees.com/clients/78603/File/48149087569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4811267d7c---degeputubebisipuwafisebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42731005793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d302f7e484---zalaraluxerodurugojitit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609061e7b59f7---81322263361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/wobigejapimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd3052be17---sofasotadejulegerom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf68c09a5f---rafirunamofajusozixoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb221283642---15471819033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119330e67277---razejarepukufuriwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6626167802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=tamilrockers+hollywood+dubbed+tamil+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000bf59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF59 15900 bytes
SHA-256: cf17332d6c1a35e04f543881d2dcb4646a551891a1fae1272b6cacd49bfbe83e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C1 11196 bytes
SHA-256: a06b9cf73d6fb8550c21500b0c0f063de54ab619800e1bebbf5e5230eacecc47
font_02_sfnt_off000101db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1