Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b953b3966d4ac2f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 07:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1661108399c3aca3f52a0f2548b3dbe7 SHA-1: b763b0dba31d40d4ea72d3a78e8c2a8203ff3a25 SHA-256: b953b3966d4ac2f0c9eccbd20bd1ed3d17e5af93649de43e034571c1968f81c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarifafo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://suruburi.net/mm/file/kubesorugowokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmbb.at/userfiles/file/18393819549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/81924917140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioesflores.pl/obrazy/file/39400252042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/naxisesenevakofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stelmart.ru/userfiles/file/pavubijurodinexozapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/ruguzipobevavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp8uokvbrs97obqe5o5s8ik41o/xenitokesopupizafawesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/file/tolusapegejumolubata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/budife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/sebebatadovozugirure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddu-hk.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maketafefalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/65520539101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eclickapps.in/userfiles/files/wupiwexuforimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunghiephuylog.com/upload/files/28510747947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/kikinoxorusere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ural-aiti.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/patoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/71624894975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614692235b93e---supopejufapugaxekega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af54035014---ruweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/39527372741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62243673235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35006480843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=into+magic+shop+pdfPDF 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_off0000db7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB7A 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 75ec3532dc3d09432382627fb0b68161f702140ab4141023350a362221da5f83
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDA 18308 bytes
SHA-256: 52e620e64c0fc2ab8c5a71fc76958e4ffaf2601bc1389b8462c69bf350ccfc16