Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c393b0b9e909d067…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:21:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 006e36f7042c2e2a509780d06e0bb653 SHA-1: 6f4a2041ef5e31c56d0db612a7b04856dbfdb32a SHA-256: c393b0b9e909d06708238c1c826c4681980e5ce57095126aefa752152084191a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=philips+tv+user+manual
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/67685409947.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49e1f9cb8ae7cd4a4d1e2ffec81b911/xavoraperomipadesasatuwo.pdf
    • http://wp-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/kakaxekipivekuza.pdf
    • http://archimax.ch/dynamic-images/cms/file/niralizikugisigiriwodob.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b729c0c4a5b---4698919871.pdf
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54944855440.pdf
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/683871420.pdf
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/55099186984.pdf
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/09/file/16306379231342144055.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094824dd1486---40745728019.pdf
    • http://scan3dsaigon.com/upload/files/todaloliwupesifovujazekas.pdf
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r165chonatbtrobgptdvsr171/zaperiva.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e39f2867af7---tudugomiletajelemewaduso.pdf
    • https://cleanenergy.mn/uploads/files/82313858560.pdf
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/dawuvabos.pdf
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/41263736574.pdf
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/koletidejuganufu.pdf
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/tumokevimowugufefabarip.pdf
    • http://tjjjsh.com/uploads/files/gafosekisibeda.pdf
    • http://flapboxes.com/userfiles/files/gurebudewutawewarimib.pdf
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbc81f5aee0d8491cf08c2e4e29dd831/subudulagakemezijo.pdf
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/8184717732.pdf
    • 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_off0000e5b2.bin
1d7ef456f70b829f6f943d5de03bdd0d4286215e8abbcd4beb87bcd731655d07
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B2 10564 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd9f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD9F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000115b1.bin
0059a99979ceb12283debb21eb947fc5a1e2779f153ac4ce3f1548a446e9cd78
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B1 17888 bytes