Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09e0956f8c2eb550…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 03:52:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a91056b8ef2911ba3bd0905f8cbd1816 SHA-1: 2d4a7f1b527aabe0f555c8683472c29b0e496290 SHA-256: 09e0956f8c2eb550a423860f42aa06ba7d8da7dcd1d29860c6cc0b64c8e28718
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to external malicious content.

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hi+this+is+flume
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/78723365831.pdf
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/23723377315.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c093f61f85c---24959327207.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67f3163368---87228544262.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30b37ca8a405a02c1ba53e9050679138/74562122619.pdf
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///malawamujerafulukurifibod.pdf
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa7554043f134a3504765996053dbc1/fefemetezilelobamaximov.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf06000c1c4---lukemarawupafewakobop.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fa2c35cb5deef9052655b8cd6398b5b/18149110043.pdf
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/5067780590.pdf
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/jiwaloxu.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d9af4835f---48563355878.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecb66e9193---mabejitok.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cddf0e89a614f393f7e9774a7108e219/jaraxuvige.pdf
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c62e2b51b---49725318853.pdf
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc2ddknmndjs1fs16pjor5fr0c/82631539540.pdf
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/marifeveziwezosedipuk.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609981a0f32ab---95026013877.pdf
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/743d7e8dd326155f558b850c42eb2ec4/67713286808.pdf
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbfad7a3f317c7ff8d0c8b30a167af01/6330148908.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746c442e4e4---gimosalazixujiluxiwuga.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed3a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010551.bin
66081967a1c8c997f9d7dcbc45ae7ddb7ed536a9b40e6b94e3e7b9912ba196d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10551 10084 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011bb5.bin
cea8219b0690f96729b3c1db73ec94195623b92cb51f89d81075ad5fb41adabb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB5 17356 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014929.bin
97e3f73a58ccdd4784c9ae1678d9f90717e6b6d0c87c36bf93adb8865ef65ebd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14929 16192 bytes