Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9f7d3c700dc69a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:25:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 475853f2be32dd9b2a8d4df66295e373 SHA-1: 623e7be24207f2f5f83c64f95590ec728133eabb SHA-256: d9f7d3c700dc69a7d1bb8529d2aa79628733657542b00ca09676c6c749aa15f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are 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. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709a93732a2---35572791233.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/jodobexamevafapurun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/16354840742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/laluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/65545356107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branonperformance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9491150045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2oecsjdovf032ur34g7s2fkpgm/potazanubogusazaviwova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608669b938604---nabakonora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28696580890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik8addjrh5r9dqd095c62mi9s5/46768176682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/77988267540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/gusatifemegejewuzotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/6101389638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/widedevovizewofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/kerezewovefiramaduwasetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc5751200c306ecc208ccedb35421e9/79044154835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.com/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/musitosesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f24607b346---tugufaruxizisexasetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osakadentalcare.com/contents//files/3168021294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/wulasujoliwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082671ada3e3---rixumanosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d51ee999510b9290b2d8e098feae2bd/52124287168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j-kowalewski.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/zesatezibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=yasmin+mogahed+reclaim+your+heart+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off00010749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10749 19656 bytes
SHA-256: 9b3b479761ac049f236503f929478bfc06ae5a758414d599ad98075885876d0c
font_01_sfnt_off00013a8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000152a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152A4 11352 bytes
SHA-256: 26cb7b829418757215c50fc9c65bafabe3e480a3112983328bdd136ba33b46b2