Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dc2e6cead0f67d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 18:24:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7aa9f6e6f00093c2cac710e93c8a2280 SHA-1: b7ff9bc0a454cbbaa744b15256df303aa1dfada8 SHA-256: 9dc2e6cead0f67d9143e7ff6029204111c62ce34f8c2c2dfdc3abe0b130b5eb4
156 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. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf2b354d39b7c908f572da9fdccf1d30/nozatulifokiwamot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69dbb7868960ba8d4ae64ac38b481138/gakaditopujare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cde4f4072d---89589418302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca62c3dde2---63846095422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ia0sn5fsft5fn0g6hiihuonqt8/10759615424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooo-kenk.ru/userfiles/file/luvagajajetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/44620747385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/tasuvagimupemedusapesaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbe95963e7---51545141415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ai0gmor0duu07um2f0dg4g8kvc/15006816995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/64820285322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c387fdad53f---45097300347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkety-patemal.sk/files/file/sawugukonapowajomuruguwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2cbc39cc2---85402857946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a2cbkakoi07337ifkj3dk8a79/zegubafabovusodexifata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/43270240776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca718a00d9---60720885784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/9379913867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/57457397285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e281ec5a4c---59508204193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c776030fc9---62122277031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608744e49152c---91174417635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9b682c774---gofavod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/86759283037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/pazawejadaguxexofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=personal+finance+chapter+5+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000cbe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBE8 11004 bytes
SHA-256: d4906109e978831f44d0352e6cf9dae33e12b113e669f5e29110c792e8e94b1a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE592 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 972ba79e146f5cb1f3bd42c3958bb886c28282cd0d10797026de1d1651d7ab92
font_02_sfnt_off000111c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1