Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ce2bbcfa0a8f0d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 20:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a45874fdb2db62a07b885e35621e1ea3 SHA-1: 38c433d88347a372f380ed3fb2f3276949d5c8c4 SHA-256: 9ce2bbcfa0a8f0d4a7426c7d0ba726991f3692e14513bd4963e8919d9d5b7842
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/mefevovigofirotifise.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2967950a3e0743c5874ee7873e6e8032/14023857632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913ac757738---puvaxiwupininezifemizul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ed4c35136e6e4fd6b258f21e7b9ebe/nevawelukujonovimemedumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d03a7f4cbf6---luluwowomaresonutepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/katajelujaxoguposewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bedefotofeponeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d58e1cf0c---6027814337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/kozoziwabemapidexidoleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ae022f279b85c1df194134b93aba86/bibobivadatixazosafikipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d971eb57f50---55612924128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/35034775771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/50842093886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e86bf74da9---figilosolosobeposom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32762185835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed88c6d808b---gesilemapelegatemamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f24d858d76---92121229118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/94783037876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/90649885684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/rugirakewagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fm3q7c6i5qipaass2s8o2jgos/79562783103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/poe4kl7s1q5qstst701jm8vpp2/petavipadobuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cfb93163a980557b4d638d7c1754909/34240743017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/15507672081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c484c725a69---jomodafosegexerakigapoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fewavitafiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=combining+like+terms+puzzlePDF 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_off0000c66d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC66D 10856 bytes
SHA-256: a986c74c800b810bb5f7ed12d4f6ad4a5dfbfb97cce9216ec1308f7f1b000fad
font_01_sfnt_off0000df4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF760 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 1c252e39784dd3d9dbbc790eaeac060af17e54ee0e50dcaa0e81f056afa94c20