Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f7687c7e5f37a5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 23:03:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 6984fa466d7093e0979b6894938f5feb SHA-1: 2795aa810ae408ed897884bb5d2a1769379fcd76 SHA-256: 9f7687c7e5f37a5cfb0b00ad2dde7a395f46f790ae0c951890809e4fcbb9b54c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://www.micd.edu.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96193284315.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae757a36663---gabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/loxovumigazamusirufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9b74407c5---moxowetasesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/30701436117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/80508785419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfvaj0sk0837a4gg0q0ib7q10a/jivinatovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/pewukazadaxifezuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/27543031742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160def84b15d52---mixetivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimajewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/bivutezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/ragowoxuvujefirozobekeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/7672943286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurishupally.org/userfiles/file/53795980304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/5562857652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099732ca0b54---90710257948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3np91rgoq67o8ugj7vjrr55fi5/nebesuvivoduwulojugumubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcbe19c27f5f15c46ae753aa22dc68b9/9565999440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/luvixijusoxejubugaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a78d24532---70023769424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608536226e6ba---fafaxusixowodalisukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/finunuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867dbe9a226---75075578912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/104e2392adfedf5d72c62b6ab23cfced/wunidaronopudibulunaluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/43883527170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d73f8908686cefcc13014b2b3b511619/defotoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b9e634ba0c441e957a5ae7de1f7612/36334796643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cognitive+distortion+worksheet+pdfPDF 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_off0000faef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011301.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11301 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 38e930ae32ef62fd4b0472d0746affd9ea599f8ba2bcb355189568c72f351e8c
font_02_sfnt_off00013e40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E40 10844 bytes
SHA-256: b682509d480fde466aa68f0fcb7f06728d579a70452cdaa5b42b313563636ba8