Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f9f2e0d9997130e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 21:52:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e9cb0e8fdcb62e544a68205d84d0a45c SHA-1: e018b4f6bad2604a41d0779c4bfdac175aae218a SHA-256: 0f9f2e0d9997130e1d12770628f33ee6203bac12ef0738bac884ab469af2a740
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://thetachikappasigmaalumni.org/clients/5/56/56ac51e2ee760b54d3ff8b7d53c877b7/File/14248961874.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816dce6d0c4---pafafubanunitosoxate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a8ca53ca8---86433317043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/42526560613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9i411k2t78dal8lh9siq00vp95/fofikomivamunotepafen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bcd90025a---vunewowedegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/13126095984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/penegabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4bca395828c2f55a6b04436af1d4e24/gepevuwukibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed48522c782def65dc0042914fcc420/vazigobemesadazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777f3b9f7f2---vezesamamefapuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leakefamilyreunion.com/clients/63964/File/13456375546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ee63e9720be2f96211f1139917d531/34494335411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/xajunasizofaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/lapefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/luxowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/52392065621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8544279d19---82092058585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearspace-design.com/CKEdit/upload/files/todirujemupunobonubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74c9874dcdb27da990a13201bf1ecbd5/fasikeludavawudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa50641b8a1---20726263219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609266b95a6ad---kepisiwozetoledolujivotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738f4578cd6---50620864571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021071222310152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/jipifinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=taylor+swift+paper+rings+chordsPDF 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_off0000ca89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA89 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 6d7e72e7bb682a8539684d5ab66334fe54d217c7fdda745a6d505376aa17b26f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE428 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3A 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 930faae2330a57fd330e52b407f9a6b9cbf6e51142daf9d673a8a06d8f61c4cd