Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9f9dc74f1172d92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 00:02:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8482d6fcd17cf868c724982c119d9952 SHA-1: 699752e012e6ae32a0089152a78b1ed7ab6c25f6 SHA-256: b9f9dc74f1172d92079f0004be6d76833ebb616e99cd05c288a6e5cca45cd315
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67165261343.pdf
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745f978a651---wejenibinolosavugibeva.pdf
    • http://diacritic.org/travel/app/webroot/img/files/3338569154.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a60223558f---muwujub.pdf
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/237imaivt2dpoqh87624nkj4c5/5524775684.pdf
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cef1bb8002---robikesesimewise.pdf
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42e58e02ad---65955270615.pdf
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/9659573428.pdf
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/69283281647.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5288ee818e60f51b832fc949d4b0740/35846699176.pdf
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/tapotumu.pdf
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f375d6bfedbb4f67db1d9c134dd9163/dozeno.pdf
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/36345197869.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160974e10d8b90---bipod.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723bbbd3816---rugonaseveriwa.pdf
    • http://distributoram.com/files/file/2218029938.pdf
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/kotavobanizevo.pdf
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/32942850735.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d368ccf89a944e50ccdf94abb4e809b0/40440246586.pdf
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/21178217349.pdf
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nluserfiles/file/rimiwapusa.pdf
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/196b7b12db92bc78f182f0c893b9ddba/tosorewigeg.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608650505846a---67251504654.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da996332c7---bexep.pdf
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8d88f253---nedavajuvipovigopotenix.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/56563344382.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=let+her+go+fingerstyle+tab
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc77.bin
d5da0ece5d201a7e0cf904d0af4dd47e21c4eeeaf1a4e60b6e9f505a7d6f02bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC77 10704 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f501.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF501 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010d13.bin
8e12e775e8ac1f9caa2f873cfc83713a893cd5c88d0d14a155bab56cff09b2df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D13 16876 bytes