Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c2ea098a1122e5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:54:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1affa641cb29eb467f5c7033167f647f SHA-1: d859ab23d8b9832d5203674b6524d002a06f57c1 SHA-256: 9c2ea098a1122e5bb245170139dc49121cc48e38823c6641b9427124af49639c
214 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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
  • Invisible/repeated PDF links deliver payload file critical PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE
    PDF uses invisible link annotations and points to a direct payload download. Repeated invisible links or lure-like payload names such as document/unlock/verify archives match malware-delivery PDF carriers where the page is only a prompt and the real payload is fetched from the linked URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/fifazideludusil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedesuvekunuvegiliroga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/16732867225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/79552003960d4dac436441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/12244235525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad6e2a0708---mijulugureberux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73b25c910f656f2a7989d41daa7decf/namijezepegilopaviludinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/71116471333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/748da0c7fcaeb53f4ba8f04b026aa839/28249635169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904d4ded173---24688293899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a44475e5a---sufuxefakisikopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/duratajajizojolafeguse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728b04842b6---98546446137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2891ea258---sefesoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b426abbf74---pemijujurotapuzubikima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/76931918457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c80782546ba785152f821d0c4b4a5e2d/vowazufugenabuzurogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/43002519975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tocbirsen.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13696706150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a464cc2e38b---91170808714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdfc633da992b22f1584db5fde7b7621/nemukutiwesoxotegona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/4412257014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=converting+between+metric+units+worksheet+answers+math-aids.comIn 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_off0000caca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCACA 11384 bytes
SHA-256: ec5d0ef5eac6ab86bba8048a52e570aa4e44cb1e593f35fb08b80a7ebc38f86d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e569.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE569 15988 bytes
SHA-256: 4cc8fe36544b399d2f3db53ad36701f57c2a84ccd7d2f91149e59ce473cea480
font_02_sfnt_off00010e54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1