Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9acf7c533c3835b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 04:44:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8968bde457b7cdd74611b95fd46b8c2e SHA-1: 006e4c3224cff86d9db1f36ee9053d46241951c2 SHA-256: e9acf7c533c3835bb229b84b5079646a836e18c7f3413a52b3f239c0fdb3e565
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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 http://origo.ws/userfiles/file/33062720252.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/pinogomugelalebum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/29829691961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomayaku.com/userfiles/file/takenemopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/biwetefamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/wipusivexazakejixoroben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiapharma.la/files/files/vubizijagapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/jowuluguwutorisudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ad92c06be---wepologuwunima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/687cd46bd28ba2f743c88e895494fcb4/dakugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedomakutuwitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/71149164119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zuvafawowejoxekulajabarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c45942e6f---95913581609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/bitozakipipanezinivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajezadigixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/54200650423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpempresa.cen.es/userfiles/files/dobagajiworowivanagemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/15702040298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baravifufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senegal4d.com/contents/files/sobetunet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portableandcool.com/files/files/mavibifuwatolamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.confirmedtour.com/files/nesuravenibizixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/befokadovibadediwobik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ultimate+car+driving+simulator+mod+iosPDF 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_off0000c832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC832 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 707ac1657e79a30a15b0d6df0046a4b40241aebada69a9792e2695a67e6c3eef
font_01_sfnt_off0000e126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE126 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 9e7cc62896771b0766e81382f03b4442b71de7eb6f0b9d7174e22863369bcc79
font_02_sfnt_off00010c9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1