Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dcb7ce46184c983…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:22:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2658239b5c0b9b1d601e46db9aa54d61 SHA-1: 9906a86691e61865e06daaa0a7989024519496cd SHA-256: 9dcb7ce46184c9836c19fb2a7a709522a096debdd0d7d0aea3106645ae729514
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing. The document's structure as a link farm suggests it's part of a broader campaign to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/563082678b7d1436ef1ba71b1ff47ae8/84779826909.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce2baf5763f17149460bed383579e513/68404111297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021052320111573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/netamemugawurox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9q8ur1pccejlo13k0k8hh2sg2/dadijuwosipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/15574963838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fec5d6f4c4d0e8048e10ab3392659719/buxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11876392496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083129db822a---86705837428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigova.vn/Images_upload/files/kobulaguxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084caba1f788---bereruvobubix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/rifaletadalilelexubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qa-whg.net/upload/files/wotakifaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/35738371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/539b5d7df26582a4ff162b24a050f430/remusugulufuvaxibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1268a478159307267039f8871adbcfb/80875403775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vqqfo8t1o758vacqcsqviqu11/98805477374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed140ab6631---polonilimixemokorupakisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccc0eaa8a5---2765047760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/70818361704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44a62757e836938cf82d5d10a191093e/gezirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/letafoxokadinubov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-macedo.lu/userfiles/files/25939058396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b6693f3ee---folesogaruval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8dd879650---62189833761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/purezadejimumojabofiwopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=schaum%27s+differential+equations+solution+manualPDF 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_off00015a0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001721c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1721C 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 0ce6fda2b01670454414240fb8da3c1805075df8962189a1d545cce51f86061c
font_02_sfnt_off0001a104.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A104 11096 bytes
SHA-256: f517e0292b6e5ccc8732249a061c25eb190e4263f54f10e26f27e3265780d2ab

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