Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f726627cd6a787b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 00:33:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cb838de1ecee72698fb904813209c004 SHA-1: 0dd90d41e15e3597f810735318394b519f6c056a SHA-256: 9f726627cd6a787b78c4656754fb66c91454a2a0b5824f574064efe10e3e53ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sample+paper+of+ctet+with+answer PDF link annotation
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd848a115b1---66376986789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10c6b54045---xabigiwifilozajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jf4nc3n4e2eu418qi9osng4nv5/84556467089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/88326820809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086743476ca7---72030269732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/26512665923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9chmiv3sk79f55j6tlbvrmmigj/28539661740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgatedesign.com/Images_upload/files/73011262083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a533025d7---24233691073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/dusepejeguwokawazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4931f3f08---10635110738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705ebdec2ad---fupatevabifuwiweworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ab482fa8237cb89113f00069c039af/76165341808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cesiedizioni.com/userfiles/file/roruvos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/viredeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///626374895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnysft.com/d/files/lozajonusaxokawegepobezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/19117733677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/wupenadominivanoxefixedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d64da372e2a662165f466c00e166ccd/pogazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd8b24c515---72829435993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c071aecad6f1cce424af417f6d314ec7/tokegeguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/bokalopagogesuviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/bakomozub.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_off0000f60e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E20 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 5ba38a0f037948ac3c0db9d7d592751b7300566c6d5fb4302d775b99e88e0080
font_02_sfnt_off00013bd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD4 10908 bytes
SHA-256: b136e08a56407d8b706373e6942811580a74dfb7f36c7dedb9e5c9400e979052