Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d755e9962b0ee186…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:03:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a149eedb25cd2d938ab7ce140caad7d0 SHA-1: d70d6a1a808bac44528a0effc8ff81078259827a SHA-256: d755e9962b0ee1865b9ecb9e15ccce8e0ba64cc0be94a87edcba736e8625683b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a lure to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://qnzar.com/files/49422893183.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huo9t5np6chdmomg8tcvt02t9c/56533721092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/leq1p2scn5r79p0ocgrep6b8us/joradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wupipurunusefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///disejajopezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe11e82263---zizifipubojisezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henrysadiereunions.com/clients/876463/File/dadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/kilotifafawirobaginej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/muxugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a81ea966f---dijugewuvojamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/kituwijevividusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/javojofinuwelikuwibavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/55820991580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikapijanikilanig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/92299697839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gonupijare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/390qdivjh4qfsrveo7nqh4bg82/fovigesenerelanixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ville-dammarie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77086337530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/007317cfca58b6d4642de76437aa0197/nebavidavineleluzibuwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/degekekabifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945168513d7---20577092212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161132e1195a61---pidufufegijoduluburet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/suwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/files/81134639909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=daffodils+poem+questions+answers+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_off0000d938.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD938 10992 bytes
SHA-256: dc06364b8ffac9da7f5bc3c365eedfd76e6584c34184a285ac2d791d631aefa4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28D 17304 bytes
SHA-256: d1d8c6f043262873c1d63fad4824b7e3f03ff62bb0303900702110bf74237cda
font_02_sfnt_off00011f7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1