Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f1c9e15604fbaf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:09:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 67be424b65d3763c52c4078fad961053 SHA-1: 9f4d02d9b2d9c6792baf14ca0654ddff30bf9d47 SHA-256: 9f1c9e15604fbaf98f8cebde6e72f1bc08bd0d285b0bbcb7fc544bc5017bfaed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using these sites to host or link to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification, suggesting the document is part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6414

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://atek-ent.com/upload/file/93527126980.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/2774423369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e648746a231---81971531611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/vanuvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashole.hu/UserFiles/File/dopobadamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topstec.com/d/files/21453869793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongcohonda.com/userfiles/file/66027350953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/11504838499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/marufugitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobiwikizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7gmfpv6qacj3h00phi7teroe4s/bagabuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a45469148a---74139357094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76257798873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e0ef2ad76---4109940365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/kenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d97fd75e7c7803c3f93a490f960ec5a4/wemuwozesowolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed52b50e48---ridodowuneri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lixtech.com.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/namefajigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/10578225681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gekon.net/userfiles/file/13323148606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfsarqgv3r5ubaflhg4llm341d/retafudurarowezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d6b5aeac5---90230652312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/42195922124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sunday+morning+piano+chords+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d53d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD53D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED4F 18148 bytes
SHA-256: 4cb507f97cefcd04bdfc7517ade2b0a192a7b3c4ca4fde44e61a97bb1b81edf2
font_02_sfnt_off00011c65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C65 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 2ca838f1a8559db32228612c5261ef3e3b08cd932dac39447c09c5cb05f49737