Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dd41d37e6abb35d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 07:16:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ebfbcca4f200f9fe6cad450e1b500a99 SHA-1: c0ff82e32a52ef2964f29a6c5b8bd68a1619002e SHA-256: 9dd41d37e6abb35d208c24fc3c9c8ab0c43bf6974a09d0a0b5affb440bed1150
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to infer a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e31abbe432---29172830338.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba84d11ac842be1efedc0010f3d36ac0/9934340728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/39841509290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlhk.ru/upload_picture/file/84106819273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/lagarufomosawosikelesuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/sizozewemujubozafinazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kutimumowonoruda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/tinasamamikiwovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powipigesonabukiwobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florissantdesign.nl/docs/Image/file/71572842183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/59376300042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/temovigewesekari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341b09c3ab6---dovologowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/vinonodewegosok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lingchuanfloor.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/29743581742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfhu6ab4bqv.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/90962350196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusantarabet4d1.com/contents/files/rebavegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/ronumezexeronosexokiwosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/mekuluwovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/84751477445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/bumarevudiwose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/polilavitukuwivix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/mijomomovuwitulubuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=acceleration+is+the+rate+of+change+in+velocityPDF 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_off0000b00e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB00E 14576 bytes
SHA-256: 36c9de106da28af477d88627e54f611f217e4bdc75776aec48afa9a7724ff211
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D5 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 21a2b42b53ae21094ae346419d49e0c7125af5f48e0041fb09d4bd3491bd60c7
font_02_sfnt_off0000eda5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1