Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de9bdb7768e820a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:37:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3574d57e1c6ac6779c727f1cd54ece3a SHA-1: 476d31971362eece6aa4766f41edccc0af52c4d9 SHA-256: de9bdb7768e820a1af0744b45ef35fbcf0b8ea2f8c61c3674c2d562d2fd24985
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=preferred+packaging+shrink+wrapper+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21822078295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5a29eb1a1a---gafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/pamebejerevaluvitidanelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088716f61838---timubutezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto826.com/uploads/files/jipazodeziwuzewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/latajenamuvobelavilewuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/28042327927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161166ccf6bafa---11687333840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210521224754_677535954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbirozskepodzamci.cz/userfiles/lufobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b363588fcd65bd9d92188b474a0d1b22/90760173697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/9293358866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/menorakugisaroredapujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmosimpex.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixezadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd2570ec13---denip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26e2e96f7b---89174138973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/54096814171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j41uaa237bdb2acvcoo3q969hb/65985849447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinarajuponuwujamowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca302bbd86---67595666617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b61686807---madanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinabailey.com/upload/files/18242117084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/602ed67c2307cac16786c723fffad3c6/xevusagesumukekidimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/kumafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8q2sn29ksvdo768n3t4e8ha1m0/nijerubapokav.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_off0000d6d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE7 17480 bytes
SHA-256: e344a22729e17a5debb47b9fe88961e8db7720daca8cca4d498ca8df7048f5e3
font_02_sfnt_off00011c2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2D 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 30f93f3927b1c7181a93ab4f129bed1b9f029bc5b0c2b699ca25617823b2e1f8