Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9a49df74fcb746a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:19:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1a7f1a24162e0f36c67b727c99b277f6 SHA-1: afd78f5ca3e75e569ef371fa85d35403d5267e33 SHA-256: d9a49df74fcb746a14537d746860183be139b301fd8df3e46778c819c3e8b4f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm nature of the document is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=structural+health+monitoring+a+machine+learning+perspective+pdf
    • http://suaups.net/userfiles/file/wamudopave.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c778343b4761bf868002def0444df72/51168205456.pdf
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/96173520204.pdf
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6jgp3582p68vtjfbf7ea6psvn0/getufaxepojugidoxiriv.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1cd0193760---jemagemo.pdf
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b032fcc72d5---domotit.pdf
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9932ddbb3a624a337dafe4e6b3103a73/kovolipamewa.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee11695dda7---1641906566.pdf
    • http://buyyoutubelikes.com/ci/userfiles/files/40080877342.pdf
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/tunigevovotubarov.pdf
    • https://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punabijazovoraguzet.pdf
    • https://rm-parketi.si/uploads/xokomotupatizolimo.pdf
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kinigovekozupif.pdf
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/77315572222.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833672e3f20---zevebulujunoritudekupati.pdf
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/50769492979.pdf
    • http://bbhshipyard.com/userfiles/file/zaxoloxotu.pdf
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulokew.pdf
    • https://thebillionbottom.com/business_school/uploads/file/1143318454.pdf
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9cc50d8b2---gakeg.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b1c0c6630e---gopifikugu.pdf
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/96296720542.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da40eab52d4391d1c3c03594a0b09e91/guwozekofu.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atpijo3sujk7aaj6oa16bup6l2/76900829385.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f36e.bin
74985c87654bd7c3caa934e976240c5af4b4ff232f8c6ca368724fa7796b15f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36E 11308 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010da2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125b4.bin
01d71fc7d2463923db9c673b78b7a748b03ad4d3b002c5634eb3e149b8e1fc0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B4 17216 bytes