Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cd5aecad973f951…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 19:44:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 318f59a4cbab1351e5dc8a65b8c4cc3c SHA-1: 5a25e9f8c94711cda9f1907348cb86751df11bd5 SHA-256: 9cd5aecad973f9512d3e7f6be27cc48098e25013e99e17eaa95fc43678549d0e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to various external sites. Several of these URLs point to compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+legend+of+zelda+android+download
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/97002072244.pdf
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25029388202.pdf
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotadekux.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/61541759099.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a26e8b083---36723121987.pdf
    • http://tottazo.com/userfiles/file/kepilotukagabesovud.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34344d38509c5f956eaec0e1c8d3795d/logadakimop.pdf
    • https://www.traitagri-solutions-alternatives.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70425257472.pdf
    • http://matras-devison.ru/upload/file/joxelelel.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b76d157d7---fovusovajutimutotuzajawoz.pdf
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/82037684482.pdf
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/51315597951.pdf
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents/files/84339990414.pdf
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/8657231310.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374e18d59f5---60658186999.pdf
    • https://nyig.com/files/file/69775893962.pdf
    • https://lecourbe.dk/userfiles/file/jofedixinobudili.pdf
    • http://vonschickenfremont.com/uploads/files/34318713063.pdf
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/jerugadoxipavigevip.pdf
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/mogikepulanivefexirowame.pdf
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/15521501403.pdf
    • http://czminghe.com/upload/files/82268270580.pdf
    • http://vektor-bezpeki.com/userfiles/files/8294653527.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc1a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC1A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e431.bin
df5c26079854ae882b65c5689dc234c59560a6e905ecb82f518b1409bb2f690b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE431 10476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbc5.bin
63f344b900f136930433a78de2029a4ff36bab6a2a610a741e932f09b05ee19c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC5 20304 bytes