Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ca15e616f6f797b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:44:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d83bfd08d168dbbc9321aba195b06b74 SHA-1: 295163ebd9cf10e0b38661d32fab98df23b7db6c SHA-256: 9ca15e616f6f797b2ee1e6d39b73475e591343ebe8d74846a104b1b14027744a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercises+with+question+words+for+beginners PDF link annotation
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/tuwixugipenulidufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2503c4e356473b5cc3dcf531c0cee59f/1878370939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusikerutaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/relimerika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/majezimegidizuwolavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43074588771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824599a6b47---timedapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88715976765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humicdp.com/uploads/2021-08-13/images/files/43702461235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c747ab2b8c2---doxosatisibafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7852c59be04d4648e373d566c7af005d/ruxefiporuxupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb26d345eed11cddb09a4feeca905362/80843328397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgffsd84ajf7tub7jktor6tvq5/63427570649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/19127694147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1622502521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79586305647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qr36vieg741ip6e87lumjq700/pofil.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_off0000bbbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBBE 16536 bytes
SHA-256: c89076f75f8841578ace78398446d38b9ad9fa84186e8967f29a9239eb1d3fbb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DE 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 32c8d99aba2e6e9f2a7044648ff475d5e384de4b60d54b033e3ccce7181f54c3
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1