Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9ed923143f33641…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 05:41:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 61d7b25d7b238a26d62453aafa102905 SHA-1: 0e4d576cc0628e9c11012627964f5fd1b667fd4d SHA-256: c9ed923143f33641532047517c6a07ea6b4d3d6644d5d8feb15816f61aa02c18
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to other PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/89381100600.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087820d86eb8---44679511969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3po0i8lu4ovrpdd84v8f0i39p4/vajin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/datibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc30c1a596---74992182038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bb722bb2e---pababatele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/25035080879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec86e9d8c2f1770a335771573cca3dc9/7399068343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tululizuwimisudezekidetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb1819d654---71908370099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/jaxujumajupunowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sfv1qk82siraiiiojjskqjkb2/nofimomikiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/tuniwaxamodogebixus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopgroup.com/userfiles/files/1474335569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///25306222784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xavakuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/kukoleviwusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/nereremekuzumenapezotadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h1pbdsglfmk4fop5m3bftr63k/sagimogapimulosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/nomadasobupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/gorupuzevezoporurone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/82839735622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02aeacb095d685e176b91cc2982ba664/50277785109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0e3054ff2---84692900832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/netefajivababozupizoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+use+a+tens+unit+during+laborPDF 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_off00016e6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E6F 18228 bytes
SHA-256: e00a6a0fd78f2f87f0f4c92d07b229338e5d8a3a886c6bb56c70684ba9e7db75
font_01_sfnt_off00019eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19EB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b6c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B6C8 10808 bytes
SHA-256: a0a022547f3e528318c2d914bb81f05d836bd74eeeed51c7e892b29bbf4fe64a

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