Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9b7c1de7dab2c24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:27:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8b6e4022611e7e4d03796b7c00fab90f SHA-1: aa5f1120cbffc30e03206eeef4f19fa5c6c7e556 SHA-256: d9b7c1de7dab2c2401ac503f8c18926518261a6ab4f87b58a35965a6a610db92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, indicating the document's purpose is to trick users into visiting these malicious URLs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hi+font+app+download PDF link annotation
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/soziwumawubuzunuleduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/negatibubunokuvufexovusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/wekexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/56242120585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e159e74b59---90360644520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210918_51517199902A68EA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/xevovijalizotafuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/jezenixeveripurobosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rabwork.com/media/file/71931625855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/66838555068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecieldesandes.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musagigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmob.it/userfiles/files/suwabigorileribodusaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoolteh.eu/galeria/file/gajomozotededekukutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/motezemefupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59919795686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/xugefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viswinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/43209749961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a89527b7b5fd5baa3a434fea3839f54/xitigudipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/30006184308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euinsuti.uniluxgym.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/63916697767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibikid.ru/upload/46513381588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oancora.com/ckfinder/files/81476773252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b55023263---93320141067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70596839548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtongrongshang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210909175744.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_off0000e791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE791 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA8 10168 bytes
SHA-256: a8cc40d0fd842087696b9abaa09f5fa2f336ecf4b88b8638db717661f1ae2cb8
font_02_sfnt_off00011678.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11678 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 7533e19d0fdf5bdfc4e78fff43500c6ae4881be421ecf1150a502bdb07667d71