Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 009ad5d1880d6945…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-08-29 17:14:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f36161165be161ea24ff2aeb2b758fdb SHA-1: 42d75dc7c126614da0e5455084bb359d13e124e1 SHA-256: 009ad5d1880d69459efc0646a824173cd642bf4aa9830fc283cbcb1585562b77
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly executable in this context, indicates a potential for more complex malicious behavior within PDF documents. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5355

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.
  • 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
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=red+and+blue+crayfish PDF link annotation
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7efdd39398f4a98a1f24977ea7f9fb59/lejijibipiwagogonasino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/614667814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/12527408346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c88d695940---febasubitujebumafupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/paxivuxukegolajusadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/zafiripusisumeseval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210624070756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c010ef02e65---kovatuguloguvaxase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c8ec895d7---fogudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abbbfab2d1---lonilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fce5a61b8cf8449c4dc0b0385f11263/68766524087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/33027739658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/800e096d86a82aa528bb81e2f25fc31c/21845534686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lechioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/4577634712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/12628535050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9241a1c27---90593121243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejozotizokorojefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldcovepartners.com/_data/images/file/73109518041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee79902bd3095bbecacc71772b78171d/zimuloruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39a15ef5c7a5e93843fc55d395d8663/23629015655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f2e860232---81886422198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/31234743557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/badopasumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d72c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF43 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 96fa2acc2ccfc54c6a4d7ddd13b12094845b9df384db3a67a6db39e1e33c5d02