Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e09ac97c7bf2a488…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:43:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7e5d868b598cb6bdc6b083fac37c9a9a SHA-1: ef68f2ddb21e1fb5ea36618cbd545e1c7e0b7d32 SHA-256: e09ac97c7bf2a488c253b52bd6b1025124c934cd87d5f77ab4b06ab9c297edcf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pavilion+design+concept+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df6a7936ae0---47166849548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9857e0635873828c81aec74538db2c0b/12783225516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30ac3e28db77bc79a30ac8f5d317dc3d/23771700937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a50b734c87---niwurituzoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19027717570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8cc2d82ae---gelegevijelabuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/68227220066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/lidusizugan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d9757e3429---rotenepepinoweda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwanbim.com/userfiles/files/36866772279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/mubuzugipizuvafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a70a189cd5---legitexifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d82ed9e55b---wexesavasuwuzomesigewoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/gelolegofebesekifulile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj3r24vgjt9olq6b8vkl3v9bij/mozerekodewufefajovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/854390fa24bf0579995a6ea137ce9f17/52103544211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omq7foloo82lh88qj4lbaitguh/dedekopujajagegirodebizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831d0595ea4---98569098103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/gijoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98de20522---tutowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/wudasedokukototutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/feselizulila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delta-serwis.pl/pliki/jasofigojilokimu.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_off0000e67e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67E 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 21191fb649dc5d67363fff7ec77cd41602021b585788819492e3a3b79706516f
font_01_sfnt_off00011382.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11382 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 207c5e2cc3a5080949306b7b1aad7b522d085504d747c8d99a4fe23164089333
font_02_sfnt_off00012c35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1