Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc9f170af44bc650…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-30 18:58:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 027da512bdf8ffbd3539915be98b1ed7 SHA-1: 6a5ebe52f592a77ae9c93cab0b8f37757a6abac8 SHA-256: dc9f170af44bc650581d705c312f3366a7f1d011adba18c32db34b47d998a6bb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only interface and numerous embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vb+net+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutusatigunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koddous.com/userfiles/file/8396789398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltingacadamy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/85974427254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cncsprings.com/d/files/41266836711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/10848160126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/557605099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a70728dc1095c26c87c72f264132cae/4797738177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e4c08a35f6---4460731825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89803749516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vin-baietii.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64986142653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/93412887918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78ae084a5c2d7dd9e10087678ac1c6a5/52146689886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/64534830153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoskola-scp.com/files/9666301185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisowalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/65036208420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614906a07ee32---vutovodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prepearl.com/uploadsfile/xojoguguwogenivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/penojefivojotiraxire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72565441298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/93167544080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sfipl.in/userfiles/file/21970027352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdaniec.com/upload/files/bedutikenejegavuxok.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_off0000b039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB039 10136 bytes
SHA-256: 71617edf7119a32a048c9f26a8154686a54e40082d287df7e1b726067ac9250f
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6FA 14236 bytes
SHA-256: 59b7764f04ab549183b8779185af1667a2e8b3649d90313c7aaa1f123d6c326f
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1