Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dec5a28f92dcaa5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:56:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2e4ddeb373b7e8f016f2e977e12dc625 SHA-1: c56a0a27a498e6ce871aa181d3ea1d0c232284cc SHA-256: 9dec5a28f92dcaa50f84ed0d80d4b1a817449a0cb6663df7b9f001f12a33cdf1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The heuristic 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' suggests a social engineering tactic, though the specific content is obfuscated.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mathematical+reasoning+questions+with+answers+pdf
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/tamatamole.pdf
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m66n166enjbf4laukj11e8png7/31382804859.pdf
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/wijakexid.pdf
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/pepikogik.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/69127995591.pdf
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972ab74574e---97178605700.pdf
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/zidakosirijobafewij.pdf
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/musapepa.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d8b45e1cb---fesedofemolekonenel.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5ad48a638---91329774899.pdf
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/bimepala.pdf
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/kulivaselonogazir.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a72c460a02---besusu.pdf
    • http://effekt-film.de/files/file/nakiwadodebeporejekowi.pdf
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/6762606043.pdf
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/zejix.pdf
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/35014013429.pdf
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/fefomivoni.pdf
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/ximapewasezavulafodur.pdf
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80761396549.pdf
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/91383594213.pdf
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d04adcc3d2---52715504428.pdf
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/47147385009.pdf
    • https://ssmavidiyar.com/public/content-images/files/maramekarifugemivo.pdf
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/gosafisagixobokabadi.pdf
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/43857234010.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d6b4.bin
411b887d4f0dd2a42584b3d660830c6d61f5393ea41d2369a2e870d4619bf2f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B4 17412 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103ef.bin
6bbf8c1568bfb0e181fbdf60e670ea5ff6c57cbbfa4a9428d308b04e8ff175a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EF 11392 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e28.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E28 16792 bytes