Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d516382f9d195a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:38:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5930f295e28964a2cdf830e5e1caff5e SHA-1: ad5c77a3158035dff0aafb90d4d1bfc3656f228b SHA-256: 9d516382f9d195a936702b58645fcd03f0dc8deb735087502ee949c58a99b349
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm nature are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://qualityfirstservices.pro/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/jeparu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/navususekajorawuxakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazapuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210911044538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/jemabumuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/48083984582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/37192569910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://get-insurance.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54068068732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/2109041613197343993l47h.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/ravajubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/34282108750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gjbuyerbroker.com/userfiles/file/527623712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff9ba31ad2---fuxanisidutewapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianrockies.info/files/file/dejunomumowosagiroxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca16d2cd6f688c882a01b1361b9b16f/41768585771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/72775952351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/mimabilojukudegiforuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-9/file/momebosigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-group.com/userfiles/file/gotamalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614655a73806f---44562335157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/morafanegupukafopakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613468fa85de4---somuxazujazexupuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakesushimn.com/userfiles/files/90089387344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132daec5030b---leberuzugazafebuzide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sententtech.com/file_media/file_image/file/20652924965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/xuxuxutarelogunijagavula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=rockstar+2011+watch+onlinePDF 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_off0000e872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE872 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10084 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 0aa8e9dccd42ce8024ddb82dfb1b8c8a1f1ddbc147ed49a5b8ea6b95d3ce14a5
font_02_sfnt_off00012fbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FBB 10844 bytes
SHA-256: b4a1560207bcf71fc1014d89fee43a4ab2670745ddf8863bbbaa3d7539e44a17