Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9535fd7045fb2ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 11:51:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 10cae80b7b48b7eed4dc6c40edbab275 SHA-1: 8442cc894ca65c08ae2a517d6325d1190b620098 SHA-256: d9535fd7045fb2adf8b263a8aa283e515a81fb162b78f39357d15390e5b0457b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated content rather than user-readable text.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://beiks.info/public/file/47423232470.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/xawegeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/vepagewunamizukakedunogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5406bcf091cb65dc39e384c82c37c51b/nufulazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9a348907239f6d0771611e923e9209/wofuxorela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/58427188160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ab30ed6f0---23272068476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/lovawajavezujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d2b8ae462---kaxazusufakawimufenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrasvilla.es/uploads/files/54755135066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d1cbb0358c95b8730a3d4ddc10871b/wewofajulilexuvuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1f038eb74---77149203345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f370a71391---51751661562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/lujokokinigoved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holycrossyouthministryasp.org/clients/f/fa/fa15eac34f6f8ef5a8ada011ffef1578/File/96959326085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/38801317872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f872f4e636b33850ba697b481eb25601/11526920315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/87052176614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2m2design.com/userfiles/timatewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f375fb3d91---96415307762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/tozewarulotinopaselono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/46904566922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075da34209c1---sodexologovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitepride.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/79727575056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=incredible+journey+a+visualization+exercise+for+the+digestive+system+answersPDF 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_off0000eff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF5 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 2f50a48fc55fabf9dd9d3452d5b68e05a2d96c508da9ddabbf0b4ee92fbefcbd
font_01_sfnt_off00011a63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A63 11672 bytes
SHA-256: f0dd295baf4dceb58eaa3ced3f67c23750f1b77d165f8438af419ad523369ee5
font_02_sfnt_off000135de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1