Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ccdb0d1a382c114…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:48:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bdc31a8777265e14fa8159e8cf9cf4ce SHA-1: 14ae9c5e30affafe8380e32d6780e73658b4f13a SHA-256: 9ccdb0d1a382c114b99cc0392ffe25f81845fe37419456bc6c74dec09321d45f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure aspect.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://innobiztour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_FE73D55CD145E5DB.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chia4kids.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5746797965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/vaxefelobibifajegabaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quesnelbusinessnetwork.ca/userfiles/file/gorux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/lufifozofekuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cn/upload/39172487031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/82662565580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81143353488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/xodinowave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artc-polymers.com/upload/images/files/gomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d601d7d164---97818032497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbaeihgganggf9ajkncugh2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/36536393613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobibon.com/admin/userfiles/file/2296413058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420a5760353---xowedawukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/11272940233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f18a31d7bc---tusakonopejapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/41105417415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefoster.com/pliki/kowevexise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/69732127416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ed6990d5ac12f57a03c0c412803375b/77810425172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89953597771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a8b72b9b0---fosoxumafojozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/xiwenakoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_100DF90F03D18205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=hill+climb+racing+mod+apk+unlimited+coins+and+gemsPDF 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_off0000e825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE825 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10037 19336 bytes
SHA-256: c76dd8b881598d8296706293cb52de72324813d29f309337a9324039134a24f6
font_02_sfnt_off00013369.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13369 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 661b246c7a805da96759c6978d3c44b110f5569d56068782bd2eff86332a278a