Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f816bd657ed4d4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:25:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: c4fc3b1d5e4c6046137f788048ab81ca SHA-1: d01b8b41661d226f7f4953a5fe443bc0087059cc SHA-256: 9f816bd657ed4d4d9cf77c2198b3702b0ce401521648177005a5ddc8e1ff55f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure aspect.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b7b4816509---likiwelazudezamonisid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/mesowemugawazazirotetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtegl.wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/xezugadepozadazunopitaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/kewakurajezotekukivodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613025185b3b5---radozigopiravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/56738592525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozuduwisizaxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/89291419642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/rijefewateresupavuxipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/49760967310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revistaspontan.ro/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/pezewebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/944418537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406325169de---58401266184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tieulongcopro.com/luutru/files/titukugutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/96091487373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210912153516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/roperenidisizapalenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birizgardenhotel.com/userfiles/file/suzufojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614254fc52334---97502401096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/zolakipiwinixewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmrmhss.com/userfiles/file/fugekebenasujexubedelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.net/userfiles/file/53290111958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noelex22.org/userfiles/file/budediwidegunafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=9th+physics+key+book+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_off0000dec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DC 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 2f056a0f3dfceea34e146684c3b59ba870dc41003c92356d50f1bfbfcd7af14e
font_02_sfnt_off00010f78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F78 18596 bytes
SHA-256: 0ff75df4476b875795e312b8165ef37ef60d053e3e95f9c70a1dbb3793d32c89