Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9ed15964bd66851…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-10-04 00:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b1a822760c46cf329ba60cc51f252535 SHA-1: 6ae17e93ec0a7e5c071cd06c9a6b0f552273e6e0 SHA-256: c9ed15964bd66851c7f696eafd011c8afa7044f751728e481f5d6b3fda2012e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the hosted content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9894

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://rolcsi-bau.hu/userfiles/files/pakuxureso.pdf
    • http://zensushialiso.com/uploads/files/57779166260.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155907d3cf02.pdf
    • https://vjlabor.pitscovn.com/uploads/Upload/files/25617277754.pdf
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/50866766610.pdf
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/kokapuwu.pdf
    • https://riosemarescentrodemergulho.com/ckfinder/files/97085680744.pdf
    • http://easyhypermarket.com/userfiles/file/fijokuzozoxomubab.pdf
    • http://luckysim.com/userfiles/file/riwadozugasotalutefogum.pdf
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148da6d0fafb---57817745007.pdf
    • https://maintogelonline.bet/contents/files/xevenexigaruz.pdf
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varonapinifet.pdf
    • https://myoffice.strategygroupglobal.com/uploads/files/sixumawekito.pdf
    • http://wadsoda.com/UserFiles/File/68345007680.pdf
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/29019769288.pdf
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/09/05/17213612284.pdf
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/53218476162.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615a19d15c5ef---61442391437.pdf
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/tiwifo.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b358334707---9225967348.pdf
    • http://rensind.com/upfolder/e/files/20211003001627.pdf
    • https://biographiewerkstatt-singer.de/userfiles/file/23819349403.pdf
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22512848961.pdf
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/devavasewefepitebelufak.pdf
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/morikalesel.pdf
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/89984856298.pdf
    • http://wonderpanel.com/app/webroot/img/file/tixolamu.pdf
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/zipik.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=indian+whole+wheat+bread
    • 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_off0000b7e0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7E0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cff2.bin
1434bda1c90295e17ff1dea902ac3fca791cbd91d95b849ee30bf3566088d3b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFF2 16896 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb1e.bin
31521f2b58e3ad3140fa94adf327a7735609bad337d7ef02b2b274db6fd2b436
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1E 10352 bytes