Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9e6b5cc192ba71e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-03 21:00:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 92f51a2020252a1609938ea46896021d SHA-1: 7f94b7663597f706727335c30acdeb5af5bf6daa SHA-256: f9e6b5cc192ba71e143bf50bd4e0c081ea8c3b17c6b3c2cba59787476cf74786
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports its role as a potential delivery mechanism for malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dezadigimitovexagusipefu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giluwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09362b6f3b7230d1933ee327a956bf66/kejolebogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607395f01288f---52366046976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/43096731519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/63270053741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd10307bf0---pesidowasoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818e48b30ae---pasawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/gogusakivamizenavobowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/mojuvevafudazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace501ba80f---68605413935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/lajusibuligek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/233d5efa99b0a70387f9e465b74a55c1/zepixisimoxiguzulofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariaparvaz.com/basefile/ariaparvazcom/files/58240323878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee60a238aadeb41e2f5229016022f82/muzezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/daxuwozosutabetavuxufevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/zapodonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/gipapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomizowebipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/3854772960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f79ebb67b---gugulikobosogokaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c144e0fa2eb42eaae7fb9833727f78f/80826729267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=alfred+essentials+of+music+theory+teacher%27s+activity+kit+book+1+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_off0000e782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE782 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF99 11464 bytes
SHA-256: 615a512ed81accd5385f57bb99d73c8eb28b9fa6eeed77552e6a65cb31170f46
font_02_sfnt_off00011a6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6E 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 6bb1323c8f8af7365942e1b6203ffa9ede554f35fd594c9041cd99197489d8ca