Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f4cda09c466a9d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:58:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 861dd53eff8a7eaac3e9337e0534be52 SHA-1: c0f9c64aadc3d320d0001cdbce64daa790742e55 SHA-256: 0f4cda09c466a9d495bc5cc03388795f06a58816108585053bb0f37438f3e836
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with PDF-based malware delivery, likely involving JavaScript for exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135eaa728eb5---74584204667.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613190f1a117c---gadidilabuzuxawiposim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/pepitilidadedepatebuginow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxareroli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613755f637c72---2670051069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbhshipyard.com/userfiles/file/26763837830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/545530e830de6b9548106c5dd743b700/bitifapatevegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2prj9nlnoap0mkh9e2o1vn0e5/vizegenuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/neburilimipagared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sten.kr/club/data/userfiles/file/20210909043621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/74319706201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miass.realxenon.ru/uploads/files/77019419049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/wusufugapemonepelunurenuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electronicaindex.nl/images/uploads/40321730637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoinhikhoavn.com/img/files/21977694872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.net/editor_files/file/81132185645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d25ae3773---sagidesuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/ziritunukirenozusix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thibiditrading.com/public/userupload/files/80563063453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hilanguage-com-tw.triangle-design.com/files/jonagake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs-nippon-cp.com/mailmagazine/upload/files/xomosojasulefotugukufeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/21995096726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qatarsecurityservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/39646851543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/rejokilipinujimasemiwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schuetzenfest-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/73080411960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/tolemibez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/5525735659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+99999+ucPDF 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_off0000c8db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8DB 20768 bytes
SHA-256: 7361557ac9cde125dc073dcd7e0e3ac84b9a45d1f33c0e8ca3811edb622de2b2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6E 9792 bytes
SHA-256: 1f19bc0faae298d415bb5ce155608a20f1dfcba1d2264bdbdfda00b00c5f3303
font_02_sfnt_off000114fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1