Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9c767e4553c5b4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:49:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 416bb2a6de16643512ab36ee1cb0dc94 SHA-1: 9ac5175ed91e932e112d69d881dd5e4f1133bdc4 SHA-256: a9c767e4553c5b4f7ada6bf649a3a37de662d2564bce421e1e4d27aad6e28219
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting domains. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebomovuvumaxajusajanat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ae32178f8---wigogulatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/addb31acf90166d47180391f3db3f106/54750383217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/44409403086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landi-bg.com/images/file/64326809215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/87647818931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/28941394854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///28384726806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lb2p943d1ba1t6v498g2hgitk4/56270467228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoleluvidobebeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b28c1c6580ad90e4dc50c2d6a7142e9/28155181598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e453d858c72958d11a3c49d334255dc/49136231168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2b5c012697392fd3aafa2881d0577c5/66409504364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b167bb5f3b5---98143080357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58002132e2---gakoxetesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b292e7ae642---vifanakugoguzuwidejaxosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0a0b0b55ee93e041108b507f70c8137/tanatiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bce08bf2f5---vebulosulipopigozekaxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608603a3e30ac---lefixoxoxibogonulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/18611106371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f111a26cc0---26928433501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de30037e311a99f9d7b9d7124ee9704a/zazetapibolojobikamafogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/71677960837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607437a697abf---29045889919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/6289953264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608253a14154a---zudogomenebutapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch3m6d65gan7j7qcdpradimd2l/44624184150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unlock+special+cup+mario+kart+wiiPDF 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_off0000f4e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E5 16784 bytes
SHA-256: 1235b90947e9b669d3b4a77c8eacf75defdf92013c102a068286b476921c9f0d
font_01_sfnt_off000120a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A3 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 4e194e2a3746bdf95689eee50d02d5a1f59c04bd68bb866cba78adc23f48cd94
font_02_sfnt_off0001398d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1398D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1