Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9e8c39b644ed737…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:54:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e14edf921671a5eff8fcb2464a7512e8 SHA-1: a39e1be46c5da3b548e794230d34b526a648d195 SHA-256: b9e8c39b644ed737ede215e914595cf0f0de2e785082ba6a5600e2a732c28b5c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+compressor+for+web PDF link annotation
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20219261425526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpv0oc015afrev8gj330qs4jb6/vigapenitekenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d5380ccaf2---69117299048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lymfologi.se/anvandarbilder/221/files/39042573579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3ee79806c9c7ccb88e070febf996f17/lugobobofokivilewaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366e74895bb029e09b2917653bb3b333/tibipizatenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/nufemabasiraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/75475997169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.horakgolf.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poxedovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/92916282125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede334db4ae---tepijufitasewexuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21e1133f33---15683824896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogaarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/1996010661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/fifopusamuxupukarozuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/36684880039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/munulixajela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfa8a9181e---kijiderubaxuraletuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3eb7876256---92424793711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ff7ef8342a97ad05bae3366a22fa04/77888820809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukujerupipotuwefekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac13ccca63---9918654813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/16389811042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubler-son-capital.com/photos/files/dubezavurebivozajodono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210802155344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b0203a078---31448691637.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_off0000dd8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD8F 16764 bytes
SHA-256: c58e4160e590464111371b34e95b39350069a5e472e0890df513818b39c80f2d
font_01_sfnt_off0001091b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012132.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12132 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 58015d49c9e5b60dcb3881900f89877eda5f6d2762c521aaae8014644dec3fd5