Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09c7dada423b59cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:07:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: cc2d15b1b273a392ea4b4ef2ef8472e4 SHA-1: 8917c53162f0779982ed1fb34d5f645ba5343d93 SHA-256: 09c7dada423b59cc50dee6438e71fa171327cd9111f33f015e7a26acfb520ac1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware delivery campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49hl27nuueb3eg6icrnd9fm6rs/pamofavokoferiberog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8sabnvbflje9fha4so3mgf2b08/2557562818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/duduvufakifujoregubovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19c03b46bb---48643274392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/naratutisajaweduwobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/156sse5ccp4hmadn7nm5see73t/27122313173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-21/20210521161304711453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608631d4563be---68501798060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076db19cc917---18410852780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a610a5a2fd7---takalafovobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5598551fa---dexerinibupiduji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0q1rli67rg152bk4h943n50r7/53924605980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef7c0dfd29---wunudepuwokojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/79459263763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ea8f858b1c43a2053d43e27d49ef7f3/mikigabipizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd5a04ed57ff018a3b063c823b7a7fe/nirerisebutonaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/637a36fce9b1abf59893944b66efcfab/6384771468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517175746544041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/razorolisuzuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815886abc98---xubaparuxafukedumavutore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8b219b2331---jonevajazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eac3680123---vaditex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e341c67986d16a3ebb1d305279a1c0a2/juferufipipogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c396951ccab---nijobukorugibubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/2455347603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/losoruwadedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb0dtt10lt3m86i5nqeotreq5c/94300537965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+convincePDF 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_off0000d729.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD729 17256 bytes
SHA-256: dbaeb7787b1f438886b1768d3212bfbf682cca662c911f77fef1036da99e9e42
font_01_sfnt_off00010400.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10400 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 4a7e9b9802966d79493ec107f2f40ffba151270ed3364ddd5a544287f774b062
font_02_sfnt_off00011b4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1