Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d96a9ff7da6809d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

238.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 12:23:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a723de0ca93191607256ea6aef8aaafd SHA-1: 6b2a2d9e4684161bce676bf3ef3c5faa00c3e26b SHA-256: d96a9ff7da6809d336bc7750212edf4b6a756f179686f4a5e76b1a07893c2c7a
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, with one specific URL identified as an SEO redirector likely used for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the presence of external links and the overall detection suggest a malicious intent to redirect the user to a harmful resource.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

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
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lhotp+the+lost+ones PDF link annotation
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/xuwiletajugogirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887c2d91a4b---55183827931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13nrhf03q2amv9rmhka868k1ne/duxujufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/norinutowejifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3b2465713---nawisoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33822c0fc65801c5fa6898f4437cf0f4/rugiwigolusolegusera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/55230768276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cc2747c56---87075517562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/biwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/84002039491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c5681dc043f723a870ff5dc2483651/jotuzenezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eabaac37d88a032b827996a2663f253d/76514608020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b110bf5e2e9---48305702247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnehsbjgva6et2rf9mvtharmf5/rogikuzujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designpavelzapletal.cz/files/file/71118121685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/maduperatufakedozalusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609208614a2ae---pujufejilelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokugoziwoxunemexuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyshiying.com/d/files/62418889983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/36615437414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/41159334891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/kemanadepamuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/443059e550399d029ca44352787a98a7/82843390479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00034e7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34E7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0003668c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3668C 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 42a0e77bf91457b8846e77aee1388ded1555c53189ee9807e7e749877b706169
font_02_sfnt_off0003961e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3961E 9952 bytes
SHA-256: 08861a0d3b2c89bdd1ddb6b54474c383bc021cd25ec9833ad6f1d7beb555c693