Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 109cb28d037a9ecd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:14:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d240eb4b775621fbedcd800f63b197cc SHA-1: 9005e358ea2b5e57d8150364594060aae06ed722 SHA-256: 109cb28d037a9ecdfb65f6be16cb5db581e59d500683f0dd8230ae1868ecd5da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f711d72fe3---15489338459.pdf
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/87073350731.pdf
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/16894534106.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de1f88672b---mejopofevonibegijix.pdf
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/2367412281.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1739d957c---48419170575.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fe4f932d0---19106216963.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3ee8df900203a5fbd3dd6799b4486e9/lafebi.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dbcc2413ebfbb73e924bd5e743b09bc/mirow.pdf
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/tejobisezazejo.pdf
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f08130780---mosumuvim.pdf
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8sb5r4rg194v108gpe7jsm47h7/funedojesoponisanetibu.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608744b58896d---vulukoja.pdf
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079aabe1b84e---57213001211.pdf
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaeead10e8---1437743947.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd942dbbd3706945b76fcfed3c43a01/3791487364.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a4a2df46aa2573370b8791ea4722811/98062721234.pdf
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musoradoju.pdf
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/fipabuxuvofefovovatitolo.pdf
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/guboxariwogilofa.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jd865i7b4k1lvek00jdoho7guh/58659483205.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjsvrue3o8g1u0ujg7qss29cph/famisarajufidaji.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+into+vah+medoh
    • 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_off000100b0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118bd.bin
28c5bcedffb0f63c0f18ed07264126f7c833899b916de9a351f9850be7cb6bae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BD 1696 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120c9.bin
f5fe006d57c45fa44cb9f4c6dc1119be0672853efb9406ec8d120da5c21d8d33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C9 16944 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014cbe.bin
3c7b5aec3469bfe020274a1634f18cde295e1896365206b52b14e56ac8cc984b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CBE 10524 bytes