Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d6fc02a77c123dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 10:23:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8cdd5d2cfdb119f1ac12d8be6824c898 SHA-1: 500ed84cb62747325192f11571e6d024d2022fcc SHA-256: 9d6fc02a77c123dd3ccf902e53ed7aa769f484d995b16e5e772284473809219a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest a coordinated effort to lure victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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=avengers+movies+in+order+list PDF link annotation
    • https://fruzsiflame.hu/userfiles/file/57804216498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c613aa9363c---14235937689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/53145953864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f036c242ee---74490252382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837dec0c2d2---5644604399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12371a009e44df86db65808bf8b9f12/bikitagutukulewedabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gaufb1uioni1se3mqos7g283hp/34066879416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/lojawewefutagiguxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a84fb498a---42377399105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/koberenuwudurojukopalugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d832c91885b---fipijobirulalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magatek.com/documents/file/52914157564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f5e4e4d0f---volukudeputibezexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cba0b630df---59005974012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e49e465df---damafezapaxorixifeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b6d208202b09573c91866ace51bf9c6/lojijelizowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ec1529078---32576101556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/jojifizowibexilikixapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/26211638608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b25b872d2ddbbe005981ef2261e458d/xozoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/68358106248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-techfiber.com/userfiles/file/8599692702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f4d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D3 17440 bytes
SHA-256: fefdcb3fd77507b2fb409cf7f8eb0fa3a86720eb683124906eb7420187fbb1c8
font_01_sfnt_off00012298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12298 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 340d57a1d789cdd4e30c45446a7805890a655ce19e7dfcae04eb9b9d885cb09f
font_02_sfnt_off00013a31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1