Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab9a0e45fb5ce247…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:50:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5c47b0a819afe6129ed622a0772931d3 SHA-1: 3ceef721013495dbc1879091519063a599247fe4 SHA-256: ab9a0e45fb5ce2475c0a4226610aca1f85c579ed6baa3b6c1a6268024c684ae7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malware download pages. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates a malicious intent to direct users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+7+google+camera+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613746c4b7fa3---11738735411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/2299825109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--90aoja6ahg5ds.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/63456834954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614072974ab92---xewulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.meditech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijesopuwepiwelarinokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etthd5rb9m5lhb051h1c7va488/91726313722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-vv.dk/userfiles/file/42379025825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kustari.net/userfiles/file/togojatupogologanamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buzascsaba.hu/userFiles/file/dimaxinexuxaxesugefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0b3b4deaf---77837229076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergepkolcsonzo.hu/userfiles/file/lomerimovose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatoceanic.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/zasubetebumutoten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoolteh.eu/galeria/file/86056405999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/wekevijirotizolozexufumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92b9c6b9269558956d05f0a1d9a51fd9/7499684758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/sunolidubodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.net/uploads/files/fasuwimogisekuvevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/76290182390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleuriste79.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumefutubolibalixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/4382412767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/natuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11488136116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309636e8feb---14881334780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipinagikeparepigelomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613472e8e1ce6---71359636376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/bewuxiv.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_off0000c062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC062 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 6ac78f6400ff1e02f0acb6cb5047428a1053a4c334cdb617055b61b7e08a64a6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10739 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 6da7eb7e75f88371ba93320d7ca8852f4a233d3bd57655608d2874d0c26774fd