Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9ab82937fc88823…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:05:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 96061815b980f3aea5e928cedceb38b6 SHA-1: eb1ab694b47ad8545a10d7c0efacd9e90b8c553a SHA-256: d9ab82937fc888237638333f51012dd754f4ff538c7ba792c3de01a6331b9b0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be directing users to external malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://sharkovinkom.com/sharkovinkom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59505668656.pdf
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2hb1f4q2uc8aegd2gneea9fsd/bikedapes.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b9c332fff---zigufixufogoxor.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eavfotic1hsitf98cu66mjnsd2/1754066579.pdf
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f18b0e2df58c87591c904eac108794f5/78858372014.pdf
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/fivolug.pdf
    • http://hoclaixebinhthuan.com/upload/contentFile/file/tebinexolategir.pdf
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad227d1b79---461791759.pdf
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bl3h44o70hv047vl21hrb3crg8/89523506099.pdf
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/27899820637.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe7e42d7923---rurepubolafakud.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qu3n9c99ef3q3ds533mle1na2h/nebivaluvexidinifabolelak.pdf
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077428ed11b3---99198696217.pdf
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b368dc66e7---kidemebuvated.pdf
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/1402830150.pdf
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.com/Uploads/files/lateduxo.pdf
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78589100629.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07cd716f006164ac20d2904129ea3057/fivegawizukodosemavan.pdf
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e036c8e3d1e7462ea37122435a23ee/8002349817.pdf
    • http://www.seminariomenorvalencia.com/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6797101339.pdf
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bp4m34re0n6fejpdc05n1s5nc1/7342036664.pdf
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/bexitevapopixadukadi.pdf
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61316e7e9b---66762021775.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pdfbox+python+api
    • 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_off0000c275.bin
82c4b14982b838a980d55833ad9ac6ac91b7ec3fca7033e6bfeba1e8eda122f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC275 17124 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef26.bin
4ad8967298cf3fb6204790d628a96babdb1fe2a5518ee916d53e349f93700bb9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF26 10504 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106b9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B9 16792 bytes