Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e258f35dfaba4b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 04:02:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ee4516d3c486328758dc95d7d23baac3 SHA-1: 925b8a94e5b8d2e248af3019fa96ab6e0b0eaa44 SHA-256: 9e258f35dfaba4b6b653714e352ae26d9f5c349bc9dd60b835164eec458f2a35
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating it is likely used for phishing or to distribute further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The document's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+work+out+protons+neutrons+and+electrons PDF link annotation
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b942b1cc118---diwedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iopq1i336a6pse9qdg92drhhnm/ligaxutobepuvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab42e70fe643bc518d4094c0f5ca6a2a/durojogabesuwupojeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/35257084709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7399a51d99---19670462656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2cf1194e8---towekoluteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160830f19c0fad---76281627777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathayred-csr.com/img-cathay/files/38703322520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemijelumodisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/92866830447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d23d766cd0---87977898339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anquocrealty.com/uploads/image/files/wimewegenirufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cobo9ofnpuju8h1p82h68j2c13/67009890110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/71037390097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///xaraxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab21fb631c3---96673386843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1d0fc4f9bd2a6439a2dcf0c2659444/22059451679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/tenogelufitepomuviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/zitutufepepetokawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91670648518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecas6l67kour8qld0o4hrndh54/bexufomameve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f837f37d8---rarijonedozekilobimuvadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/90788479673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/8687328380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e41fd0a4897---fubitonomeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/vufatilomikuzasaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb1f7b40d9---97697631622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/sufomudewixupomelase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fbad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAD 17356 bytes
SHA-256: f62046a123687df5fe6b63525820cbd250fc8416e48756937acd7f56f04bd42e
font_01_sfnt_off00012916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12916 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001412d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412D 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 9aac9ccbedd703289a289b3f9c0df32c41b711119133bed7a8033f8b157371ed