Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e851a562bfd1c50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:15:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ef297a0ada60cadf2281c0becb16742a SHA-1: 015860b5c61205a52cd9d9d1efc81af0896100c5 SHA-256: 9e851a562bfd1c50350f65f9e88323fc85d1f90e245d73865cde932baac43b6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, which is a common technique for distributing malicious documents or redirecting users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple unknown URLs hosted on compromised domains suggests a coordinated effort to host and serve malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/95535446478.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d86381d7d2---tajudewegotax.pdf
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a34b9eb5ad---22784498881.pdf
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/kulupeto.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79011680d8---vezukorafin.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa5e058127f017fec50f69c996f6ab55/zofezuluta.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d803a7c215---57830679145.pdf
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/95748481870.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/663525fa550a0e74e092499f49f148c1/61965860030.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983dc2bd141---24026048869.pdf
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5990c4433---nawufufarapifog.pdf
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/luzuwurebamanizolijeta.pdf
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/nurafijipokojat.pdf
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2dd008f45---95871622793.pdf
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/jaratovi.pdf
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/868411a511a161eb4720b3cd8137c20c/99002743346.pdf
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/texubetewevubesatugisiza.pdf
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/80970679815.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c53414daae---xodojetilevujibofo.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d01a9d064---navatavuvupejisizor.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9573ebadf53120c91d10f3324dfb8bfb/tifonidixiwirosi.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a448c558877---bexelijosopigi.pdf
    • http://1960ihs.com/clients/e/e0/e0b58928a48036c9af8d6cfc9cffdd99/File/53847886749.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=statutory+reporting+meaning
    • 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_off0000fc73.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC73 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001148a.bin
3f8b2dd1377c4075665d78de14b5d0aa778a1353201b2e80a6b887cc0e4cd216
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148A 10668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d03.bin
be132179ca5c7a44e9040b27bd6d34ee3455c00b5827e82cb7288bcf0a45f638
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D03 17432 bytes