Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9bcb5afda17aa95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-10-10 10:50:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d71d6a4e34010a73d50983af9952c108 SHA-1: 9acec8d951751aa15b8990dcd5d14cd5ba3308e3 SHA-256: a9bcb5afda17aa950624ed02746d800e9a5f8b9cc8907edccf2d2f47b67f3e38
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The presence of external URI links and link farms suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8831

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=codes+for+free+robux+2021 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunriseacademy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopekenuxikanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushistoryus.com/uploads/files/nirib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/4798324187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8efc29acae748cdae5fdc2338a54353/82808277560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12586036586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b2d97a100c2414412931b95dede538c/pejidukubinerolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etenindex.nl/images/uploads/dekifagobijolesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/fibopavatadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83780811089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/72888874481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://procogs.com/FCKeditor/file/dowijagoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/kunizovitaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/zibemagavomisurotujelibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catwalkexotique.com/userfiles/65109939361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-ball.net/files/file/zajafisivoviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarirosizapewuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/36147965204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h016s5or78-du3.com/contents/files/pexulexitanuxizedetugagom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zevkotodoseme.com/upload/ckfinder/files/81809151756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/57781737015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/zabinotuvelererep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16152f1e1a9f46---61845583154.pdfIn 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_off0000da0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF224 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 80462cc91280fe4b296e17143231a5639fc23567c79b85e86d7e6c9582290d14
font_02_sfnt_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 20152 bytes
SHA-256: 4b67cea00c3824956fed6af9908212cf8f48efbb74141ff718c4ee5e73476785