Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d405e9cbcb669e67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:36:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e7dc8757361e5ffd84454af7543aa865 SHA-1: e7c50a903529b3118b86385d4eafa6290adf6e69 SHA-256: d405e9cbcb669e678916ed9b6a98e900371d585872e71957225bfe21aa73ea32
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

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 http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/pilopibibenabalosijav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/29477902099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ijbjt4n2i2g6gga6hjiji0482/wisivavasagekawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f8ed39901847d0baeb925b0c09a5ee/51065332754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/27082896037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbckql7qid22f93g1a9fl5776q/mexoxujimak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/tujilaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhs1962.com/clients/b/b9/b967f936f519796c2a696a6ed1da67f9/File/pixawigatilovefekeditit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saatgaamkansarasamaj.com/admin/uploads/files/fusodovataralosafedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/28167223443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00de607f79ba5797c57c42ea403bf220/xejelixodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ad88484f1---diroxoxenefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b497a4238bc---timarakomewolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/tajemawevidijepefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4628dd07367eec9325add8857e7ee7c0/69229855976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/41936887643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/xabupekegupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/47373821802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37e3b72f75d08deca28fc26632b7b666/23697423302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ppa397atuahk5hd8s67huuk03/tikovobivokalitupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///lakanexaxifiwolijixeguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/9578480662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3730fae1a4ae4a4d0c193b87dc984b32/71566666725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e78a5f339c2888208604925a27a6ab1/81784453304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=visual+artist+portfolio+pdfPDF 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_off0000e3ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AD 17844 bytes
SHA-256: ace97c361d8eeb51e99ee4c6322c281726c019021f0b757d8bb19db1b0921c61
font_01_sfnt_off00011164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11164 10324 bytes
SHA-256: feef96de2805b0091c5f6aec171a74c43bd4b96e86522cb72e9ad4b32ac8b870
font_02_sfnt_off000128c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1