Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1a9b7a8847e9a63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:17:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9c1e430db6762dd510ac2a8b28529f4e SHA-1: 2958bc2bc2dc6a17f651d07030ea979914fa7e5d SHA-256: f1a9b7a8847e9a639f6a81cc3fb7b0d14d0d55d0f1eff25bf988072cf458fc05
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of multiple external URIs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/fewatiduzumuvex.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ec59b4fc9---kelewatikamuvapimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/xarovolipodewukara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/jetukugulamutuxavikakuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/47937454862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojutejuxamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.naturartshop.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuragusifavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/lojanusatujijorafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefilorimadejekizelabozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1t6ekta0cpo053rh4j90ivpb5/45732432987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4832289d6c462f955e3554b0922b3d3/semotuvidojovopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-champagne.com/blog_images/blog_/file/33492896031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narellesastro.com/userfiles/files/lokifebukerarimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/FCKeditor/file/zowuxelerejowetupiguxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210713183323428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/rexofuruvizowukalulurezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d08764bc7e---83230055479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9db14744cca33c62f2eb8c8b0ab9be7/bujipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f9d700865---konitunuxobipomite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jeduwoxifaxovelit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cae723ae95---ponab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098409316026---31509271204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/xelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=laws+of+the+game+football+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_off0000dc34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC34 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 3a1473717e3a504e6ebc26d3f02af6ee4ac9968bd221873a7fa736b62a304c3f
font_01_sfnt_off0001080d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080D 10832 bytes
SHA-256: db40f274baf0ff80c0e58f3c18ec0b59283e396c6adb47f4b8e09d09789c71f4
font_02_sfnt_off000120b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1