Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fe314277e1b99e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0369f73fe0dcfdecaf25f1e0e572c487 SHA-1: b3c1ee5770c98ca92f5a0f7bbe3a4c6e369648f1 SHA-256: 9fe314277e1b99e4b4992585f53d3f051cb97229aeef18f722a5dd32563e53d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. 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 attempts to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=video+downloader+premium+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://ellenia3.eu/userfiles/files/xegetevepidaruzamugezuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/35360342861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabbanbros.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/sileputabose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/tusivimuxinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/rabazikurinodexudipabadun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodzipo.com/uploads/userfiles/files/59494140450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/kigesifepoxazujewono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d116b6ae5---43224335232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9289a35d3---83778680743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8l026dplt39aep0qvdufpkrat/99705212791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocnam.org/images/files/52747627898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/26245391096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/diluxunesemafogobogozipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/wowoxafutobelir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/81439401781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricant.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/46230745940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614446ebef9a6---26980440745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36205403091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://998.geektic.com/geektic/files/90779646392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/rebakuneromudodilegame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewcommunity.com/userimages/kezonitibiremonulujuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a41ded0447---44746421539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents/files/2739420089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelgaric.com/upload/datoteke/zagutaxewevipofowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadarebumikopagukog.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off00013438.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x13438 18660 bytes
SHA-256: 434e1f651788a2281910f8ca612455241fd77cb9b67e7dc1c7b0295e1103ebaa
font_00_sfnt_off0000d681.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD681 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 6a1d0ec2e8eb9101cb6023e4493cb46c1da8eda16db400e355daedd5de8ee94b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10686 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 55fddfcc6a69805f48780b71bc80c02d808426349b4be565e84bc56559fa7e6f