Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9da81e27c345f95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:53:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 71e444e2bc3a558a1d8fdffe9a8da8f6 SHA-1: 3aa2c7b729a3c60e8a132df18e8f5b4396a7195a SHA-256: b9da81e27c345f95476457d8d42d1928c778e0a2577ba80fb53ca98e6dea0d44
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL findings point to a phishing lure aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ooo-kenk.ru/userfiles/file/dokijaxakusidedosul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/45616673516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716b48305c0---tonupiwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/jokepakefanodejegagiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/roleni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d9a5e28d5---raraberezofexadibapabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lnpro.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88954933562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.net/php/uploads/file/xaloxozisokewaxukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/jokovawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06d0faafba8e715485067b7b38f5609a/visatonugitisipubagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/49237247936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cf8d9431e---39983058302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stihoplet.by/upload/editor/files/96910659382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vv6qr0ir7sseaq28k828jmnim/rimosovoxaxanetamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://federicozucchettiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/dunikekurenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843d81d2334---18195425157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetachikappasigmaalumni.org/clients/5/56/56ac51e2ee760b54d3ff8b7d53c877b7/File/36711270667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ninowomikuvedife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/bepezulipuwopatuzizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/82224257636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/246451af3e85c191356eab4d018a6a04/60788876934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/betepebujemegamililajisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukaiart.com/userfiles/files/46572247978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=steam+table+book+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000dcb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB8 10792 bytes
SHA-256: f9c2e1a5ba3fa2efc6197c3ee4ae0f1c8761a80699fec3c2128f771179b9dd08
font_01_sfnt_off0000f567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF567 18408 bytes
SHA-256: f07daa3724a23ceb384137093d2f305ec737f04dda4215420582a53a97ab1b69
font_02_sfnt_off00012551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12551 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1