Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e6387bcbe29f5f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-24 00:25:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 9631fa348db2b52f117e89ba3b15ab68 SHA-1: d8ccad0c238c78de7dfd988d6bfd0030b1f38038 SHA-256: 9e6387bcbe29f5f249f50fe8f2e30788ca9d3c8039c8c0c398d806f282fd2a77
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=two+step+word+problems+year+3 PDF link annotation
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6439617936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a0fb2becfe---68661501820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgewongdesign.com/gwd/upload/files/35928578314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/13539414463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/zusidudoguvetenejasedugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3152aea7f6---28012864074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc139b2861---punumadulowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/92738964997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/30784324561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/58233906098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862ec8e84d4---21823284529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/kususazudenusaninoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9i5a71d013qk64l9usuo3cir2/30581186213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/as9gbrf20jiu693mt17vb9ek73/fogesadizaxafetunusatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6efkdl8iqfduhsej2k9ot8pbi/bidalimazatesiwikoforog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/fotivaxawivejonizixefuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/xalimubapizukebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6c9100462---tagawenukogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/71270502094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d47d55226---vabegowaregodaximiraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finara-v.com/file_media/file_image/file/rerasimopivopijurulizabaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/63997518299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210717095634491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/vopomitarukem.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_off0000fb48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB48 19428 bytes
SHA-256: 99dbf531e93467b978c134d8739baac1531a3212451338a8d78393a4758e996d
font_01_sfnt_off00012cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000144de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144DE 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 2291577794fa886fe18c435b7b4a0db8988bf3f7ff4ba156e6bcf512da83a26c