Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d08b83f70404a64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:36:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ff04a11978e611b59a73b3fc39de6069 SHA-1: e4275c18caa85b5be60b48c2b55465fb5fdd89be SHA-256: 9d08b83f70404a6473056c9c23e250a434f653477264252ddf15c3e42bc94266
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of these links points towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mcpe+monster+crazy+craft
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/51641169479.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3691ec4019ea1a52698f313462c667e9/totawegunera.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9a0a49692---penuzewa.pdf
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/79472386419.pdf
    • http://lakesideterracecondo.com/clients/41361/File/rafuterosasoguke.pdf
    • http://bhs76reunion.com/clients/e/e7/e717e6e8e39ea4daeda922698d41f3c9/File/wifuvun.pdf
    • http://xn--j1aai7d.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lifaz.pdf
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/dumibekiwinojej.pdf
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c5df9bc07fabd38f92616fb3e17395d/warupisutupagojefasis.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f624beff1---53819883566.pdf
    • https://bibonatura.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44717505221.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608129f846ae2---doseregekowezogutazuxa.pdf
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/81055513371.pdf
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojegimodaleruzagafugefe.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/405982e88d6744972fbeb969280408d2/39621244749.pdf
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/91045999121.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ddff2b064---26831915295.pdf
    • https://tekmaker.com/upload/files/96506075285.pdf
    • http://pvhs1980reunion.com/clients/e/e5/e5e9f74eb83211af097e98bf68d59c4c/File/zetaxejuzukake.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d19ee615393cffadd8d426be454b942c/23436612524.pdf
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/31956513172.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade0293b0d6---boramowuvujeruziw.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eiqr4qtd51f5genhpto6mi912/35204200105.pdf
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/gifusulepezuxowabe.pdf
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/17538045060bc612800f68.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tue085nd82mv22ttgbpmepe9e2/33946667496.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_off0000e27a.bin
e880267f5b43f2967c347eccf6600764d70468539770c0ecac882a45740a22d4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27A 18868 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001134d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1134D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b64.bin
5dc9d6153e5ab3b8fcbb97a442bcc97dcc74ce46ce02ee847840957fb20b97d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B64 10672 bytes