Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9a13fadbfd77c72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 10fc021f09f0c5b121fe4e78e004bef2 SHA-1: 31269a73799d286f3ec05dbd47aaab52e682b262 SHA-256: e9a13fadbfd77c72a7e742317a54aa8c8f5f658d0b94d1657e2edfe90af788e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to a variety of domains, many of which appear to be disposable or associated with compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm, potentially to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wellbeing+for+life
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/68251543791.pdf
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/22719920173.pdf
    • http://inbiosa.eu/static/cfiles/files/lesazonupozibumuji.pdf
    • https://xulynuocphangiathinh.vn/images/pic/file/78697954855.pdf
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/76505248116.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4980f1aeccfd144db090f3a85b9bcc6f/57842920110.pdf
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f95220879df3b1387513d94e18425409/83301730012.pdf
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/xobeduvewexekugugisomal.pdf
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i378hkdf3d70a7ubjr3ir00u0h/20323366787.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be263123762---36981008167.pdf
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/tolevemawefagupelagax.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/49212511539.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4a5f056908---54750672360.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c7d36be8a---65927844794.pdf
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc7u64tm7la8ddjr0r2fmk2cmj/toxigokuga.pdf
    • http://kartinatv.org/uploads/files/72951898315.pdf
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a13cc3ad52e083ce01f1faa2767d9cd/98514141711.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb84856b9cef45a87ec1bcec2616886/lonuwop.pdf
    • http://cavusofis.com/images_upload/files/83509188606.pdf
    • https://livermore.com/wysiwygfiles/file/gawokebat.pdf
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/padatitum.pdf
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/detozegetirifugonim.pdf
    • https://pratham.one/file/86046911413.pdf
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatopudeburabegaxepuxir.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcd7bts0fehcjtsv09rc6j90ph/pelujasexaloxusenaku.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef6c.bin
e76cd3037d1d6e44d717a4e4b74df226e356d13c88570e1610d5d1b077c75cd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6C 18872 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012037.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12037 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001384e.bin
d39d105e94e460789e1fc229cefea6258377d93132dbbfa90035b02ee5ee4b09
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1384E 10096 bytes