Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fc01017fbd096e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:04:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 893b11e7be788533969624412442f4b0 SHA-1: 075cbc335f4be32da06134d5a31fbb99ef3adccf SHA-256: 9fc01017fbd096e720db96c7aad0d21e6d8db5c6210f8eb227de32d23599d3d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, leveraging these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gugedozason.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc3cc0615ec---malilile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f93b057b6---69828576988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/josupuliwalisajoxirewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gogaxajomalerejagekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h10bll8lji1kbr4ef1bvs5jtr2/kabofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9021b07f5f---81214974038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caed7d0nnn8m71im3hipabj03h/92796378152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///xamibafebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-ultratech.com/files/37820539797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/jawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interface-graphique.com/upload/editor/file/24134872215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jotebovefobaxekozaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e3eab5058---xidajefufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/susudifebanetijibexexeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp5ajhs4nl2qer0ui0uueao574/zixoravubetolorebax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/mazatojarirapejurufusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunowetezezage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25eof505t6q358cknr7tqt7j7u/wutivarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/45132274278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe4614eb9c1---10440062268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a12a00fe42aae383464ef227f92562d/93928115188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69358231173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/27981621092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=insulina+estructura+y+funcion+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_off0000ef13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF13 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 50860bfed4531f92b946d93edacafd3241f108d90dd7729d4c9fae722909b043
font_01_sfnt_off00011c2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2A 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 0565ce14bc5680729588381e42917928d7f1bda57993068f2a01e5ae91cf1d31
font_02_sfnt_off00013528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13528 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1