Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9da6bb14f4400348…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 16:53:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8b99ebe8a648f4fb548d9bd1b18e4c77 SHA-1: eb24e635d9fa6e7d1eaafa4b2016a01fb3de8874 SHA-256: 9da6bb14f44003480b27c969bfd22ab34ff2799d9e2fa46d5a8fe354cb9e2fea
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download other PDFs from compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing malware or phishing content. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates the document likely contains social engineering to trick users into executing commands, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719221d54b4---wexesufoxejamulojivetuki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/zuvimoxiguwovuwomuvenonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210701_190652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/gakudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021051520538_1025438064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f1fb5f40f---weravowiwokomagudusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e7ae6467d---83089279389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/venezolovitejegenagowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01fad812892c62f5f7101e4213330c47/64850440612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5sjusofba4575v2shn6795ls53/kosepikamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/noxuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcdba3e705---67427281142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086561601168---78251103786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/82802150675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608231dce5ada---32363727520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb23122ea6---tevexozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608114ab12371---14338938242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/83026158936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b1307568b---97368411753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d3931d53439990960c71cbb75aebf30/77014488991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b31c08fc7---69942433596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ac50415a4b24193896328f7ede9e41a/90409541879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=wifi+network+adapter+missing+windows+7PDF 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_off0000ee47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE47 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 52a3951eb1ce554bbee56fe496fd30f1ae22693a9c65be41f93157a167143702
font_01_sfnt_off000107cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107CD 17412 bytes
SHA-256: b0a7df7ebd70438ab8ced6de7677bd49dd4a36d4612ef7e28beba272916a6f1f
font_02_sfnt_off0001358f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1358F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1