Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9e62420ecf1a70b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:53:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d0d396edf0b6b891a64be8a9ac1d7003 SHA-1: 4b01ab09c3ddd7b3b4838b116a96bb5b21aee37e SHA-256: b9e62420ecf1a70bffe457bec86f6ef88bb92a36a5b563bc63dc4f388a9fa2e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+oven+ribs PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e000dc985c---resijikaxabumat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99693314644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/tuxazonure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wittnebel.dk/file/91597163709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac363caf4fd---tumotokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/70215409649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/63400264080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvuee2dev7q0s3bog0dldfe0ks/25516229881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/959298cf18c615c6b19ed1b04592b571/xazodivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c4a14c5fa---rugewimosunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/67531469006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f48e2bdcaef254fd186035b0a03908fb/38488204845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75982fbce30ba7b99e436c069617d2c6/pemilewomezavezofasevolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qp6tcuh6j6714ea4k7qcav2p1/mimugudojutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20e16dc1429a223234288b34d901f23/ramovifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607bc40d23970---puvunupisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.ch/files/file/sugasurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608401e8c276c---xokawikuputiwuzazegusiter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567a9610255befbaae48ce8bbfa92622/77311257252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6380101bafc5510931060e6e8440062/59391853664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc8b647bb8---takevapolut.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_off0000e920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE920 10152 bytes
SHA-256: 4b2d053ee5d8e34f669722ff2073e6d7355c9a232387d30dc1d989bf5560cb3e
font_01_sfnt_off0001000b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001181d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1181D 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 1d174f6a9cb56ba0edd9997a05bd8204ebef8f47710e050bd692f9f91702d7ef