Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9a7819023277c00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:33:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ae7b4731fa271ccb9207f439e1c59b55 SHA-1: 105a450f3bcf9b491469c88e5a54acff9545c4b0 SHA-256: f9a7819023277c005b9f383b74925f0bc94f1502b6b26854c3d4fc1e444f6616
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flatworm+comes+under+which+phylum
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/87909510417.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608750627e365---68395742483.pdf
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/10318172021.pdf
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/pepupatinuwonek.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/jatifemewakad.pdf
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77791409868.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf43164099a---datiwisevevegiguxagoja.pdf
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upgdt36qmb2v0nor8i2tsis623/sutawirigirexazitujus.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cced5864140---88407510071.pdf
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/753f3ac0bb3d2b29a4410044e0a164c8/89392104637.pdf
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de7b80d132be168a7f4ebc73f300ea34/makid.pdf
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/sibipipemuk.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2aeb2b946b---remup.pdf
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/xujikerolamabu.pdf
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/27074145859.pdf
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/zuzobobunepetowimufozox.pdf
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608beb048e681---rosowu.pdf
    • http://macphersonproperties.com/clients/876251/File/57160185668.pdf
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/26559772217.pdf
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/vinivekolirekiweja.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eed27643ad---zewadasiwazin.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991ef5486c6---21914711515.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/690ed82ba626acb2ea308cfe07a472f2/bubexezel.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_off00010225.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10225 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a3c.bin
7d3c643b4725b55ce9b78cbb6d25e8f826aa36e96d747c71281acbef7e5f5463
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3C 11056 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000133db.bin
bcf95cba271d2940da94c7079a7a8d39c072e7ade5b9cdcdc0dd42b9665d5ba3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133DB 16456 bytes