Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9b5d25fb512e36e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bcc735ed320b4cce81b05a3aa9815a26 SHA-1: 5f934c436917ba65ad00d2059247c6e285ba8426 SHA-256: f9b5d25fb512e36e096b80ef39f871efef8e58f6793ec7b12ab19e6ca3251941
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or spam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scientific+name+and+family+of+brinjal PDF link annotation
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1507599824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14e7d484c3---feloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad0bb205d3c---39832702291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbando.com/DATA/upload/files/202108081801197710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ff946b03c277242fb009be19d5a96e0/zutarigakosep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/9417828269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/16678373058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/56614015683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba04d23808d---jituzikubufugafofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/bubovina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a88i2pcjmo0lpb0uitmq4b6j7s/zesivezusemofedula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/4683643941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/10092133773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caded196861---wolowogebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/safapolegobudivarelasixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/88420113016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/870bb1feb3a2de985dbbcab12a319790/31414612636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/63094694732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents/files/38560301136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/34705021633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b8cec38486---52642925413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33777193563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/buboxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/68296976616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f6ef1a2889dda66681a5f3d6be8dd4/fanipubomuxexube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD642 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 36342d024953f78ba234948644bb52173c27ea72fa7187ddb7c77b7938d09c99
font_01_sfnt_off000104aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AA 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 52b85cbabdc85608688bda7baf9c3681494fab39d6c26ed915fafec47e4b7917
font_02_sfnt_off00011df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1