Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9d3162f7df69b53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 09:09:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: abc5b2ed9862fe7e5b1ebc4337d2d707 SHA-1: f5fede24776222b97337aa33f7e8c139970e0049 SHA-256: c9d3162f7df69b53b81568b2cc69df13ac83569651489e61fe8b67f9b697a2c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest a link farm designed for SEO manipulation or traffic redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=halo+games+in+order+of+release
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b33e8cd8f7c---lotogajadimodujo.pdf
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9e6aa42720b8b6634f5e73df8652ca9/fixolagafamexuzilo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98r6njkkputul61c2d45k3s151/9405340058.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/at1efue0pfe897jgivicsquqn9/50498174019.pdf
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/zuvafumaxixupujewaxuj.pdf
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ba6e6af061071cdafde53a085afa80d/fuwomikikipugaf.pdf
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/jujisidowolexulaf.pdf
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/93755842992.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809882afbaa---dosawukasup.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e6efd741b---zosititubevesu.pdf
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc02203574c562a08fc82651be055dd2/83527047595.pdf
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/du1pnuhh7ljv17lcrtluussd4d/puwug.pdf
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/lakeje.pdf
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///lakawawuvoxe.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d81f3b324827be85695d4c1277076f9/97082725976.pdf
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecfab3c2224ddf8223296b6a57f8e0c2/xodim.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/vakavali.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b543b3e01e0---40701436467.pdf
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d83be4c8590a2f4050ae5f4f32f69ec/volaledinadokukupire.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a659372a92d---13110589008.pdf
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakupu.pdf
    • http://longthinhphat.net/uploads/files/67663339732.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702c9bd9913---22971707331.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093bb50a8483---49565480169.pdf
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1db80a6168e627a21b7a9d420e0dd8d8/12046848653.pdf
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ga2cvtlhvf08qsnc1be3c4rvrg/92061619062.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_off0000f2d8.bin
c8c3c69af1370e3cf7ff77e566eabc9a634338bf6502cf3e086a9c0134a5afe0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D8 10588 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ab1.bin
2bc8f579c05aac0d33e07f4288e908f5a3423a8e08c652cea34745d566737f02
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AB1 17420 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001380e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1380E 16792 bytes