Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9c886f248706fd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:45:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2a48d00acd2d6d51627a7a8e06d407a9 SHA-1: 01f3e2bcd316eec3b5b4ec48577e39720e0d56c7 SHA-256: c9c886f248706fd124d2a8a9dcf3bedfa37482303be2979d04176fbdc9b721e0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure, likely designed to trick users into clicking a link that leads to the download of malicious content. The presence of numerous external links, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload directory, and the ML classifier's high confidence score support this assessment. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it acts as a dropper or redirects to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://isleo.com/i_photos/file/16103126718.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/nozineforebonolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/fofutidodawefepamefutuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e52b10b5b---bozebarupagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/janifawevuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sikakaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145186a475dc---tepuxizitawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/taretisudinubuxopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7q0mavr3mf04he13p5c8uv9ie/mowisesexuboxoturenagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/pivevawupaditokuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilatesmystyle.com/userfiles/files/jurese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swancentive.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiveduvirokijubed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc66c55216c0614434c40faaff4747f3/kezazixufaxabofuralole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.kocgrafik.net/upload/files/92690118119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiisushi.com/uploads/files/bifonoxafurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29516386319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142519d1dabb---pegepevorifiwaxofafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanauhrova.cz/files/71996108054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da1c1a5caec1a3f670e32782c9fe7fb/25467700367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortcrimea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77700446322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613123eedb176---66092917866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/guzixadokusopikinifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21670569649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68026437993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://em.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/20827050389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sex+downloader+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC959 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 110708b5c9b6c951a6cb5353789db522b9b163e33c95e34f6407643b43192532
font_02_sfnt_off0000e0e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E1 14204 bytes
SHA-256: 96355166c30e371c7ff0281d9be4eab277e86e6aa32a18540ca5a308352c8d28