Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f611e68fae911dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-29 05:43:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b26ea0c055ac5400c2c6550cce73a2ea SHA-1: 85688f1381dba535f24716f1edd2f242b7dd74eb SHA-256: 9f611e68fae911dd7ae4a43760957b4f822b78ea8123d8df1167bfea151cdcde
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-only content, typical of a screenshot designed to trick users into clicking a link. The embedded URLs predominantly point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate but compromised websites. ClamAV detection further supports its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/90551288399.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://seed-hongkong.com/uploads/file/zurusomul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vemuxiximafebokeforo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomekorea.com/userData/board/file/22588797846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/terofobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0903f9437152306b650a5a235fdeaf4/bunolufevelamakapor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuonghieutoancau.vn/uploads/files/sekokikegikaxutudageduki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheniou.handysociality.com/upload/files/39307910645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klientskazona.radeton.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letidefimewajini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refmexgl.com/web/uploads/assets/userfiles/file/nulojogaxatoweginukera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/31223452627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/7014711372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eol.org.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74603119636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150aeee3997a---84108723368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/muvugexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads/files/202109131549599305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/welixuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5e4d3316b---39467275000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads/files/202109052017226842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ribaczpeter.hu/files/file/30027639203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mogilew.ru/userfiles/file/2456859215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phukienbep.net/media/files/lujirizananagaguziziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140497888138---33049612600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtales.net/admin/userfiles/files/mozowukami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/pabidifupejudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=network+mapper+apkPDF 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_off0000b20e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB20E 10160 bytes
SHA-256: 8d65038da7d0e65184694e960fe0c5233261c2e1a9f713fa7dc0d31ef2f66923
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8E3 14488 bytes
SHA-256: 7d71129701320675431137cf2c0a19463a5103d6cb6361bc30745bf6937040e4
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1