Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9ef49dce6c24dbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3be44d9b2c5fd413a4c829c7d61ffd55 SHA-1: 50933c35939200ec1181114b1e45a9191ae41d38 SHA-256: e9ef49dce6c24dbe7977d821ad8045212488477ab318e0103f16e141ee33910a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on domains flagged as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to a social engineering attack leveraging external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://sankaibearing.com/userfiles/files/20008428902.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff73e45502d38e935dbf7d9999943510/xexulutedomuzojezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc33068dd73---54762093815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/11574511230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17409603ad---2379668448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5141a4ec00---39281435932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yukamifashion.com/upload/files/pabuzumutumakivakagipudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnsbp.com/all4help/fckuserfiles/file/76165949118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb4dcb1d370fbbb9e82b0ce3e6dd805/lufonowaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wivovujabulimelofixatugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/zaxepomaxumulubolinako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120a3063583d---feriwidexemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76b6d91d9---lujelusila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79007aef4d---72346933998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67f5475230df3867e615610f3528c410/zelita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b172ec67a4---68672091623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf000003b8---28210335097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/21110198545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1363de8feb1117ce3baa9feafbff221c/bubukevatenogebitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/69953522739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/vilaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec0b799e58---zuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61b1ce456617dcd3c32dbb7de539e545/80133666129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=nia+240+actualizada+2019+pdfPDF 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_off0000e443.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE443 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 70b94aa540f95f0487ce31877a56f4b5190a26c39a8bce8f6f776a4c1d1ff831
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD01 18116 bytes
SHA-256: f1f878238e3e67445f90185b61f706a442f12e4bde9f1c1c2882c605b36ff834
font_02_sfnt_off00012bff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1