Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09a9a40e47738473…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 01:10:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ab79f4cdb73cb214523cca621692cf79 SHA-1: a67de2f8c176439957d1ad20697f179a1b5a97f1 SHA-256: 09a9a40e4773847379ab84a580225269cec931c6dc523c1193e91420522206a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, potentially for credential harvesting or further payload download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bv8n3qf0inj09i1pq2vk91ca42/donuvomewebegusote.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5d75266cf3---xokatumedezudoxibudagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/vatilejenogano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jf-orvalho.pt/userfiles/file/40027657985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/49702969676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf30450778---54571929497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image//files/jakowutofasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maziposure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116ec0bcf7a2---ginozopuwamepadaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9e450df3d---fotepumedano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frdq5qr8drafbijled5rhnbpn7/mizedetefekufomijuxuwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7db761544687571be373643fa6ea4d06/tuziledirodanowax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garnet-medical.com/userfiles/files/61103743645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/12dcda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814dfc8e8a9---xidetojoveluxoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/78125661707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aad1c33f20b767d27db1ed3286fc9f45/15528788041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5415fcc833717d1572656bbc52065260/53466559423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b8238644e---majetujalifagozaworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8de81e4f9---wanotedetuluzegikanugefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doctour.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wanofukafututitesotaluti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtnet-engine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75031696479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=bnf+free+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_off0000f2fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FC 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc84938b307736b30a7b99fbbd6619c29ac7544932f4d05b63437ebfff52cd5
font_01_sfnt_off0001230b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B21 9856 bytes
SHA-256: 741bd28aee615b4a6e564c94f1ece18be1ff550dd84744dd9b70c87b4f2435fe