Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca9651c216a20277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:50:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cdea3a6b83252efc635efc2a517465f5 SHA-1: 77798a29c7673d252995c62b9797c455f1c6ee7d SHA-256: ca9651c216a202771453ea65ebfb3fa0ec0eb6907d26cf0195dd95fafae1f444
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF link farm heuristics further supports this, indicating the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7gsqh88hiobv3ncth3os5vev1/22035093294.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cd5660bf0---kosofubefamulijijekilegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4865c758b5---gusemudoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e84ae8f905---mupomisajifozotejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/detatenodugibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/44499215930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegas-shop.net/uploads/files/tajidovetebakujixelupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/56168657221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhkygroup.com/luutru/files/7960380552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manvilastrust-org.bvirani.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rizipazufisefomobepuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd290d7ace36569cf7a2c37ce0f24e9/78797210533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3s2n9d0kkf6sraokq25hmv70q1/25113675124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aletihad-group.com/userfiles/files/sufodabudenaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761834c400c---dinale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121cb14bd0c6---xifapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/29742371210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/60681504131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21a1db7e6a---vurejubedafarubexuwubizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csqqbubrkstmeipna1u53hngvh/11665001883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ef941a47f---pakavebofaterinum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/sazetejedimegosofedudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/xagagotawajumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5b8b18710---sizoram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/batorukufafugaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=groomer+shaved+my+border+colliePDF 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_off0000ec3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10452 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 4ee98cf3beac70ac33e8e671eb20fb9887dbece9e2980f6ab8068bbf0cd017ef
font_02_sfnt_off00011d34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D34 17480 bytes
SHA-256: 9c852b8ce045a4495f91dddba037669e0204ecf632fee29304e3580d46907e9a