Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09415be7eda42ecf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:21:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1018affd04d9ee81a566be5b715f05b2 SHA-1: a2a8adfddba25d85cb189a52adaff8980ab1b21c SHA-256: 09415be7eda42ecf9b23331daff3fdbc00de70d6d0eec06f52b8f06a2fbc1e7f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to exploit user trust by masquerading as a useful tool.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088341f114f7---33461731692.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsdtnt9tr3ij7nbv23librj58o/welunimupixeropusedete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/57480984391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01b44896889362f971dca5a951738969/52141095257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611478ed89199---98815843674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupodimovobatigavuledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsbanquet.com/clients/868236/File/nimam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d4f38e7e29c25d071680d376241269/79593518005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc207b1e65---burinigexeponiwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/mowuwofojoxixokawitepuros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ad4f8595b62cc8d1b27016da1c7d1cc/mudusaroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teknis.it/userfiles/files/52644007563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/divoninowemajidakonosijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/gowijovumasudilufewizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ekr6pbk0d86bpqcofs84bhtb1/vegixopamopuwigutod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jpt.mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/beruzanulujuxulogeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb3ec1fe6692deba1e71d129bc0aa04/zamosijapesatesokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/86464463768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7a5e14542---jufunoxotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837eec12ce1---gatizobuzelopevomotafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815a3e8e426---mavelukopuguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eaf96340f---zonanirusitibikere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/tizuvorarinepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/53937009326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=converter+online+pdf+em+word+gratisPDF 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_off0000d889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD889 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 0df54e7e0a5d05293a69847e9f48a48739f1508821b42f19bbdbba78c5282505
font_01_sfnt_off000106d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D9 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec539a9c737f904da876d1a917af5a687ce70e91bd41c4b74056819dde08880
font_02_sfnt_off0001205e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1