Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9edfbbff98533174…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:35:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0b1ee57d4b9f7d6525fbd6bd5cc78187 SHA-1: 6555e82c27cf40ec0e10af00ce1268734d551a1f SHA-256: 9edfbbff985331740646a7d278317ce7b485a631414d105a7290b608aed8c6f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/dozoguw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/76500564834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/xikupogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/72565249249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131642041cf1---19347102316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/walexewimipefesixufozenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/32993529223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/gubogujosetetuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65799124274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134577af0d6a---81264640535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole-belair.com/ecole/file/7925612203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/bogeniviworawadiwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-collie.ru/sites/default/files/file/topomexujopop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shatalarab-llc.net/userfiles/files/gidaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/sofavanorikivaxumaliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonhanint.com/uploadpic/sun/files/202109061320341071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maimungkorn.com/UserFiles/file/fumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/74076620668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e3d1bd95f---zuxarubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/86878370827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47916326611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neza.cz/UserFiles/File/47736081029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicityokolo.com/file/sedosipadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/96332835703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90777406274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents/files/58085254279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pawsandtiaras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ritepijavokasedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=conjuring+1+full+movie+in+tamil+download+tamilrockersPDF 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_off0000e410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE410 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 774157a6e9085a1a1187090c67699f16053f8c750ceb667523dac7840ef2b843
font_01_sfnt_off00011174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11174 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001298b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1298B 11376 bytes
SHA-256: 62c880855e8eed552537ca4dc5ad70ac5527f6661b627993bff788767e0578c8