Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c41e86c2881b662…

MALICIOUS

PDF

130.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:23:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b026de2b900f67fc9b8c1bb1d3ed165b SHA-1: bec8cd224aa697525aa117387896122d5aa10d1c SHA-256: 9c41e86c2881b662c2dd996bf6e641189d60b4d8066a62e6e1b2dbbc49a2cc87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The file's structure and embedded links indicate it is likely a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9884

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+gear+s3+classic PDF link annotation
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed8133bf01394e28dd0011492eab431/bamigizuwowibexuwijotoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609350ef25a0b---75795309853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/nogodegomizuvaxuvozubej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4d01754f6---67675766544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut5bdrfhf2f1n9gruqf5se4nub/sakexevujorepebasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1fb2f402d9---32630704859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/gokej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e49d824801e8908b3887554005c8ba6/pekulajukulebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/bifefegevupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/98696917740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/lerararo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pepinieres-gey.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44168348463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///zijuwuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111a486ed8fb---4703530313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-30/20210730020107218208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/12848118870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86c5a57f0df07301af513354a09b7f96/kivoxozuninabiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fc43f342044819f457a67b848ecfc99/tepuxisawuledodurotese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623c8b210ef49f825f11ba6e3c7cb9fb/rujafakuxaraxegavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/216p64riucpii6gj0d2in1nutg/tolodinaxapaxobagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoclaixebinhthuan.com/upload/contentFile/file/fujikulawufejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fiob8t24suugi5p01v9jrc9pkm/milogifinawezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a5aec532ae4ed3d962fa52f1025c179/4615407665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210714045823.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000188cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x188CB 21684 bytes
SHA-256: 854d7a2c8dda29c27aaad06a12a9ee1731c45d6750f8c4511463421867d3e0ea
font_01_sfnt_off0001c093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C093 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001d8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D8AA 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 978aef505fb1549f71aba367f086eb6ab288f4ed0b8e806d2a45c7fd18ff3e26
font_03_sfnt_off0001f079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F079 1964 bytes
SHA-256: cb83427253be486b5dc35224710cea1d2a27078ad6da64da340d8beb93dbb3aa