Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f151796744144cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 11:29:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0465f8fa16ba390558703f52d4e67567 SHA-1: c50483c8baf86be9dd71ff1f7e78548abc004c57 SHA-256: 9f151796744144cfabd116b267d992413cd9d4d36933e5012636221c95d28e75
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+macroeconomics+ebook
    • http://rainhouse.kr/data/editor/file/3654633826133ecd979463.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3b2931d99c9ffee64c16d6439586b9c/61181166973.pdf
    • http://exteractif.fr/pictures/2/75995779629.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd2c7c10f3---75588420370.pdf
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/58686754772.pdf
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/97640956968.pdf
    • http://pure-chiral.com/upload/files/vovawagavabakararota.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b6efa2c3c6effe59ce1569458c3a68f/69135510726.pdf
    • http://theleadershipworks.com/PO2/UPFILE/userfiles/files/25936230098.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4df7a08ca---21714606181.pdf
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/gunonafomopezagubu.pdf
    • http://jagdrevier.hu/upload/images/file/8080520148.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161431a80000da---fidujogojurod.pdf
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/5016307123.pdf
    • https://medgal.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gasogupani.pdf
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/tapuzunimi.pdf
    • http://linuxnewyork.com/draft/media/tajasixomidod.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e389ea315---wokulukokiwibiwirunozepe.pdf
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22363035816.pdf
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/gijifugofusagumidilorib.pdf
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///wizoramesudamenive.pdf
    • http://sensor4you.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/kugelijibibamawofotobadok.pdf
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medevijovuzapotupimedon.pdf
    • 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_off0000cc98.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC98 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4aa.bin
ec9e7c5a72a87f95872788c5aa8113157ea34f2b92c9161982e2cac619e8a2b9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AA 16612 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f67.bin
868d2f1516a1ec775d422901765b90ca0cd7bf5ef8c16c9bed6a1d8fc8c77adf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F67 10776 bytes