Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eaaa592e4dbe16b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 11:16:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 31348e21ff3a324cbdcd2e4d20466661 SHA-1: 8a2b9836ed4ba3f01f0edb44e7aaa56ac96fdf5c SHA-256: 9eaaa592e4dbe16b40e6c07fa66ec31ca3c75e3b72971bb562464c61c52de8de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://oasis-travel.ro/files/75613504422.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ca770b30d---47875102888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4b47ad1d8---45493951643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mibenjamin.com/userfiles/file/51931926288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/nikokeminig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f5c5ba41752017b2fb330bf9a75abf/39609035235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/99815239083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/setoxilenasalira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/rijuvevawosagerazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfg4237i3m4ho07m87ep35v76i/tekorinedagolivejinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/birewetivopafeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indoshaolinkungfusociety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72910506215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.somdattabasu.com/fckimages/file/61903823703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-pushkino.ru/upload_picture/file/rinekutexomiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be205f6d2bd8a0ce1193bb4bc48afcb/difuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soi.icami.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86483375788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/midupowerobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/xinupigexutaweparedefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/rizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/29339536777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/togebisexirejufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o00igkv9b4gk5791jc5srrhc9/22305863807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminentland.com/admin/userfiles/files/mifusevakitonowogape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/77205664355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greensketch.in/userfiles/file/mikinexededanijazerisamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/14849291437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=major+and+minor+barre+chordsPDF 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_off0000c58c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC58C 16924 bytes
SHA-256: b765b3169702963a14099d533cb3ae002bdccd73502ba7c14449532627a5a0bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f176.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF176 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001098d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1098D 10756 bytes
SHA-256: e697ed32ba4ab3cb490505902fa73e4dcbb88e929e7571898224e9fb0132d165