Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9827e044253b9a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:02:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8c465b511462487f73e6919ebfb3d111 SHA-1: d8e479f5a363a8bc5c31921fc9e2c82fbd627d55 SHA-256: c9827e044253b9a522fcb34fee13925bdc524f687ba06d2536678b4adbf80e51
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://korea-seals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98298644554.pdf
    • http://gloexdr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73e6a765eb3035f03d58b760674b184a/66086628072.pdf
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/viwajiluzamegujivipap.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee0ed8e595---paxevofana.pdf
    • http://www.wcd.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitolurumoxevopevo.pdf
    • http://takeacode.com/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/jolixenufibuwo.pdf
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/31082821588.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa67780ef9---bilomonejilezikobefukatu.pdf
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/nutegetutinew.pdf
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/gegagawuro.pdf
    • http://botaierpharm.com/upload/files/dapirofemixovup.pdf
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358fa5463a6c77b94ae8577c287830ad/63606605273.pdf
    • http://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/75300051635.pdf
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/wigivutopoderemuxeduri.pdf
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67227700102.pdf
    • https://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/janinosotepixebowuvap.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e6539ec06---toxitodus.pdf
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/14391678134.pdf
    • http://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/15168229005.pdf
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jia5096r4a6d0jk9cgkrv1ibi1/16410202796.pdf
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/fetererajagexulakamowuwu.pdf
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/pabunizulexepagatajugisux.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff7c29efd9---8529589831.pdf
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbikn2qm5cv9b40dtmm3fdpsbs/72063926548.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=krause%27s+food+nutrition+and+diet+therapy+11th+edition+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_off0000c9ce.bin
478b86ac3ff9d6aa9110e8a66c01b59116e457761cae3d9e13b71a4dad6b0f6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9CE 16004 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f29c.bin
5b326e665db3a24311f594853a182324176b54d1ca2b988cb7a6f49e00bec86e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF29C 10840 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010bae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAE 16792 bytes