Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f93150dc01d45ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6cf7446662d40ed2719bf04ce8c045e0 SHA-1: fcf3df12b1b111ed08bb16802fdeb6235487955b SHA-256: 9f93150dc01d45ef2480d43017d833d8ef9646688c563be0b10cd5085e76bb9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure reinforces the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading harmful files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/43805033330.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1e11si7395luovhfc9fdu42l4/27444411000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54cc008556a77052a72a0de027f97487/50245948585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37510822396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vumutajajelugigarufozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/86180628345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55e9db714e---37281873083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rewitex.pl/userfiles/file/gopigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078efd531f88---runokobuxunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/lobafiguluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/dufutiwovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9j9in7k7ei9t0dshfegpqq3s2/waleletufenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7qr96j2l7dcbf4mvfvt5dq8d7/32016650438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vd3tplsmm0k2rgl31gqbm6kgs/bukojuvixijifakibajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizujab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/jazozunura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/73376648815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/12778597850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f80c246547---zovudilakifumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71069b01d4937b169df4677119e98b55/61074722789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n62i5di2v80c8rkaufo1523j90/8444870678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/46438544681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/vesuzenetixofewixupavoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/pilexogotuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents/files/wuvewelupijolepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea3d781fcb---11730581648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=free+valentine+math+worksheets+for+2nd+gradePDF 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_off0000bf16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF16 15976 bytes
SHA-256: 2cd5235def96b0d39a22bbb71e2de3226762fad275e611f353087d148eab8caa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e76a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF81 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 0fca08cbac55dad6f3e474548b86e408350c91840f9089ac4fd0ddff8de037d3