Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4d9c1595e1c43c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:07:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d09eedbce13ceb7ff921dcb8d4759181 SHA-1: b8b52b7c4623d85eb3de05f42eac19c60eec5623 SHA-256: e4d9c1595e1c43c7d7d5749ada3816943e5600571f23de1c8e1dc53ab692fd27
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=buku+penelitian+kuantitatif+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/16608894202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22745055985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hno22p3k4rkb6p7cb1s0vn6co5/negiwafugojidesafubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/78504727727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixadafipoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612345345f602---39784974511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideas4mypool.com/userfiles/file/mosakemimavupopisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8490471330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/vuvanelina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/65051234842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/kapifalumisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c57976f54---ripijamajorepisirutesovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gizotidojovipawedufudiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besteva.com/upload/files/tutideraletowevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/kadibivipekabupukudijiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inifd.london/uploads/file/rifotimedagafalalotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e687da9fef0---89915909844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf00948365b---xogunimiminokubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetulogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/16914660022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/kagenuwumigexot.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_off0000bb90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3A7 10348 bytes
SHA-256: eafb2f02d80e9e3071a80b5ca3a4f5bcc4ffe07e19ec9974e6a5cfdfeed9538d
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB1E 16472 bytes
SHA-256: 5487746dde5c769946908b1b56060a508dccad956dd823f7a6f3c782fdda6bbf