Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5c9150a4c120b65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:12:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c0a75f887207c05f037209b5a83ae3cf SHA-1: 091c8c61df02234ac8a5b4309cab8c2f2101dfc9 SHA-256: f5c9150a4c120b65738503aab2602391c967c425280c77b7429fe29744b2e402
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that leverages a link farm hosted on compromised websites, presenting itself as a study book to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs point to a phishing or downloader attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b759b1402a1215acda6c7f3faeaa6c/92899926235.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taitung-house.com/CKEdit/upload/files/vewonuridasagelesojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rijazidakiposukemaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be7b5601fc440dc6a8028e065059da6b/36868847611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/86141222313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3aaa26d2d0---88184699721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dzerzhinskij.ru/upload_picture/file/33355069118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f99b929d2acbaefb36a417ce27a351/38334395520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/155c27e6e33a43b91d5fe7f5f0485b59/bogowisatomuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ja47nce5qk8fdlpr6s180lvdt1/95227526854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9a3daf31dff8f8bf632e5654648289/74612780391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/99513448641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/20322526529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/sopovuxutuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///gimakidufusifonopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210811_F57ACC3F0C2ADB2A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newhorizonscrisiscenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27801196422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesolagigisinepavemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/bisifefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/waxufomutizixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074809c40529---jutalutixubetowezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahidnawaz.com/UploadedImages/image/46576379826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f96b2493bd---puviduguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nebosh+international+general+certificate+study+book+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_off0000c984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC984 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 446d57af7f75f37dcc12e9bc412b1314af8adcd05de3be28cc7659983b9fb315
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B8 19524 bytes
SHA-256: 147afadad764e06f27c1167ad5c19f5d167ef3cf455e0a6629ae0f5a843da182
font_02_sfnt_off00011564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11564 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1