Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fea6b0186342f97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:32:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 600a286281e4feeb76ea678c2c7bce6f SHA-1: f9dd7adebfe5bdef3b6ed70811b2ca9cab32adc8 SHA-256: 9fea6b0186342f97117bcbca395d435ec03e559f6c3e663e17d42a80229e7f02
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL targets are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46449836704.pdf
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/wikiguf.pdf
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607247e48b2ec---dokuje.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/37093021773.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqh6vblh0f3ai6aubusodi3kg0/83381557605.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecl4l1ltrfjqe0vm650ln3hj1c/10438324180.pdf
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/39078865574.pdf
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e6ee8799f---fopiwon.pdf
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/92440305510.pdf
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/welajodosowolowup.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb0c9c6b4a---guzofibipaxunus.pdf
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/zigub.pdf
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/78178395756.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2d926e848---pekifufubugorogikaxapifil.pdf
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/sudejedubejo.pdf
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/26507356639.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/orfoulbvfj829uk7q0vntuk5md/boluf.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/xibekej.pdf
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87dc689c1be60ce809ad2afd9b7325fa/rowujiruk.pdf
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/lajodimip.pdf
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210628062126_1jst27.pdf
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46683f00e04f93bbd55da7b6037ab935/mirojotonurixuxig.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=copd+and+asthma+together
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011c57.bin
fbc5654c39dab0a23d3ff4d4e119c6652d71443f0577d38845171d50bb9e93c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C57 10732 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001349a.bin
3fc970c698ac210cac60e56c8c626f38925e60e2fbf9dd7ea215eed5dd51500b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1349A 17908 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016304.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16304 16792 bytes