Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f265ecde7c41595…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:59:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6bab2c9cf4ee31a0e82f2b5544364190 SHA-1: c3a5e12a59e6b8bdbe9b5d09d8dbd36a3b3f2b53 SHA-256: 9f265ecde7c415957f79137003096e8f319a7fb0c1da88353a352d68a9962347
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=love+mocktail+full+movie+download+filmywap PDF link annotation
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944fc5183f7---38081645461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/37716821533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maplesservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a36e62fdab0b441721a6c125de520d17/19810429840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mf5pfuc9afc71l04da7khmp557/58875026944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/25464413518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27bd5fbef3717dd1f0029877ea98d887/59663321866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b777cf9e9f3---7864292567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d1bd8b22e---kuzikodibida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50938aaba82623348ecf871655dae7b/68910389291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/72275802908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/tokavojozegusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8c814bd9d0---venonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma--style.net/files/files/46611511420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saletime.gr/admin/fckfiles/file/ximituropowifawibegofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/99690290397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be7185dcea---topumona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/natikewesuvenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e03dc75818---24653306466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/wojonubitebodizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b801e8846---99022314929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3941523682a14a288b43038bc318bf11/zaberegewesidagugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e135c9a346---bodunitalepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipsbricksalumni.com/clients/56168/File/kudezimafidamilorejoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/70536919955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee5f51da960ffb68e86d562d31f8c792/4517515956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa7ab8508dc---lamedutuvadodituxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eb30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB30 10928 bytes
SHA-256: aef42effd0d701159ee016cbef4e4f5670cc2bfe342ad28b3373c4d575997878
font_01_sfnt_off0001048c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048C 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 1c2607eb32558690e6964a7bb9d3deee90052884f34caa0efa67ef695bd7e197
font_02_sfnt_off0001329d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1329D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1