Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9651a4e2380e21b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:22:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 90e0d47e4abbaae8285d86ebd38e7621 SHA-1: 4944349855f6c46280cc5c24629fade64d0d62e0 SHA-256: e9651a4e2380e21bc08cb4d4354a877d24b5e5b8ae2e1e8cacbf965228e0e70e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, a common technique for distributing malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/41914514930.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e19fd1128e579d1abbeeeb97ea51ef31/fefomiwejofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjoj0n0ap1ii022ogf5in0vpc6/9824431258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/0b6684c0456fb1d821550a4657771b4e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goreskyreunion.com/clients/b/ba/ba087d28c24afe6c5bc45fa062332e47/File/dixatotomuwubaguwejuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/jexavugakedimimipupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a059d4b686---6397831323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitaminyplus.eu/files/file/jowidadekulezaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37834c66e0b4522cf87adcc240e26b34/dewasimakorupitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/lekenilobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn18ebsvp9kaniordscvobi189/papukovawamasivikufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4fc5f46e1e---17645021909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ghsn4vcdv4mqcr7a7ncpu348n/zutolosenavilerenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba928f31b1---60248590448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/vadanineniweguzufapapisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13cbbc19ff5a4078c806cabdd00e899c/nuxilaxitefekuxitisesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/80426018732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6271e83dd---24906808936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7os2nubpj67a5acrdl8mqpvt4/jumune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf4b7c0ac1---63776355956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlianyu.com/uploadfiles/file/zetalutaripiruwularire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f6ec2fcb9---61458789013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=chica+meaning+in+englishPDF 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_off0000e860.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE860 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 054969c85ede956074fd17b6d94ceafddef89c245a44991def0ca867262f0966
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA2 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 9661202c4dc95e1d9f155295797e90bf5be80812cb8e0d89dab66a22ea70cb14
font_02_sfnt_off00012d1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1