Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d178f8ecde67db3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:00:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3a7f250b3f6ce8ba8b2962f7c1f82706 SHA-1: bcdfeef048696b28932b37aab9d5e3e953725188 SHA-256: 9d178f8ecde67db34c3073b300362f04d0561ff356c6bb593fbb0d231aa86981
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised websites 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 malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters in URLs points towards a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carcinogenos+quimicos+pdf
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawipaxefisewujez.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5t4cc4mdc1hpg6qq4rhdeas4l6/zator.pdf
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/bimokawutetovexabed.pdf
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/nudusin.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612668659911d---deriwobujebijoli.pdf
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9245245973.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609cbb2197ea5---97437497644.pdf
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/savoru.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb9e56202ac9e3d5a5af2111d9d42c0f/falogesen.pdf
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/41946115570.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag7nqjh5k8sbollhj106ah0pgo/tanetediwemuropu.pdf
    • http://gemwishrs.com/ckfinder/stones/files/mekijatujiwemuxuxu.pdf
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c54df1ed22f7c2860f531d5fa685965/xabuwozawogewabezeki.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919736698a9---4439509700.pdf
    • http://esebtekstil.com/resimler/files/lonekizupibidosulo.pdf
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/58781837987.pdf
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/benudoruwasasagaz.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb33682888---poxotag.pdf
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afc0ad9cfe---ropaz.pdf
    • http://klenderbio.com/upload/files/lazezopuvitoz.pdf
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfmna3nl6f6hlrvjf7khjr5i03/53357555922.pdf
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/sojuxamajigoluxeraxijugu.pdf
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210526025157.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff9cc81864---14032547447.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_off0000d926.bin
bfb9f0d78e23e9813ebf09876bcac4bbea972f42ea7b5e1700a2a639beb91b43
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD926 11096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f279.bin
1e23c9c14c6aa18cfc72e90d9262383f9ab608ebb0cad0bd068a7702bbcf783f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF279 17972 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012133.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12133 16792 bytes