Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c2797f112a14322…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 03:58:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4a5e720ac58528df068b7d273a5aa50a SHA-1: ea8a0d67eb46601fa95fab8d7af96057ea46179d SHA-256: 9c2797f112a1432225335a22ce3b483f4cc02f9a640a20d3df7798799e010208
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The primary intent appears to be SEO poisoning or phishing by distributing traffic to potentially malicious or deceptive sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/gugazanekigexeteputud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc277b70161---bonevokevirogamajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/pezadufonirofivutimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/nezosotobijuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fourseasons.events/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93917792f72b5e81b7d9dc905e3c9bd1/62993083994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/835f92fb421545d28bb6a5ef1e75b8a9/vunuxizevisarumewujisewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susutour.com/userfile/file/rafugafetowivuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb27df243a---23915063276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oceanflowerhotel.com/uploads/image/files/kakotifufosadajimuxulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4623658319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/jogutodajexemafarafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/85924117674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/74827906043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest66reunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6f8b7bd17d60304c359e527a2c43449/File/17998525534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/19602177492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/jipowalevekemafolejivomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38f7ddd0ad---41667132955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/25380352460d66117c8ee8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/pepofozamogefobevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1ecb318db---59809936604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/tupezavosune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc9ddc671626862043345bacb8a7844/gobivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f5449a5ec---84814733336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+fiscal+and+monetary+policyPDF 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

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE355 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 3562cfa95a4e21272b72a1afd4b91959dbfa1f9af23d0ab1f7cab2c098585414
font_01_sfnt_off00010f1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12732 11124 bytes
SHA-256: feda0089d95d5d6d9ac254198e45cfc26d1c94962ad48a368b9a67a433f02f79

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