Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9f60406ed471659…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:24:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d41de09f41b36d888487976346dab0c3 SHA-1: 3f1513d6ae021041c7e03ea853a3b3aa5604c6c2 SHA-256: a9f60406ed471659d3646bbc3d49dab438accececf4012d3a86716e63ca3e0eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fiches+naturopathie+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210601094657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/xilajavagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cc34b9bd157ecfe5a375e937b83ce7b/3118853156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ce693569a---59807812479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/65793551350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomugudawenonixatopera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70e202294dc1a75591b09d18aa87aba3/sorobovegaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56593878355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef5f341553---vusogozivujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd53ef1e6ec13bc512bcd5f9780879a/85654502920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuvitexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/41805002434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/biwelekuxogibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6cc2d959e---mupipevakamesazovoxidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/fenemebelumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schooldistrictservices.com/clients/f/f6/f6ab1571d2cdf5e569af7b76e288b17c/File/39246378336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607784855cc39---xigiturorewinorenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clintonseniorhighclassof77.com/clients/e/ec/ec6cde7faca09d53f5ba1fe44cd32e38/File/kozugozinalevujamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db8759dd630f5529305d40765b8b363b/kuvokibupuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5ofqs8rhimucnio6t8188r35c/rakarufesijenuraxojazega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a98227026598d6ab3c97f0f15bfc302e/resojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6812af9fb---xinijaragixipedovumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/74252046820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161110dd139fc0---91777903467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ea0ab99043dc31ceb3050cfdeff625/kisopizobikigapuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lishasurgical.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jifuluzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ffffeccbe2---31326621959.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD975 19608 bytes
SHA-256: 69e7c0bc0f68d1e13b0d8966b04c34ae505d2a23374dd5114ef3575aca167b85
font_01_sfnt_off00010aea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AEA 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 3759abfbc320645fb799c01de1fb76b0e9f9261ba6a986fe5ecdee89a3ffb499
font_02_sfnt_off00012393.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12393 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1