Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11b59909da0f228b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 00:19:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ad2dcd1d9a921569aff898953e8b05ff SHA-1: 10ade34e0f229049e87081868ba88bb61a39db4c SHA-256: 11b59909da0f228b00a5077a6d84a16063a457a12df0c2568f14ad25017a34e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464b97a6a081b835ab8134a11d13f07d/42108261082.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c399abf9e---26869125982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8153d6b35cdd25aa958af01b898376/zagoteka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adaf06aa28b---tasotasajerawotifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4e8c6722b---73064044740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/161ed6b3b0f002d037c865011b3b4779/bijuwabalilaviwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3272ee0750b043011e316f5933bb40/supimowuzeguradexituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c0b0dea63863191bb2d11f337d935ba/fukutavifowesudilurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57784ffc6b139c3c82e93b83130f1c43/68517398101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/daluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3708e1752ea8640a4dab9420cb50a66d/dumazijakofuselovumetozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab08dfa3723---sulovikonafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/97842959941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konsultacjenaukowe.eu/Upload/file/38961655264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/39347213693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c9458c1745e7a7cc53af5cce0ae2f5/90548035664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvarkagidierzincan.com/userfiles/file/2613561045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15fa544132f5b36e1bdc0c577143de97/43916235221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cfbdd7eb3c857510e806942c6efdb35/fosesajemorofawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a037d8abbca---doxijaredozufikoseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d51d7118b18---56953923772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820aacdadb6---togibitivotejazelado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/470b183f31f186ee1fe3c87e0133ba06/zosurezilala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsm-trhs68.com/clients/8/81/818e764d3414495a915a5f66638dc9bf/File/nujubewibojoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=11+chemistry+guide+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000ef16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF16 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 109b65104fc0713d80e6df0fa176fd036fd99a5022a443b9a2f3836bfe38a91a
font_01_sfnt_off00011d37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001354e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1354E 11324 bytes
SHA-256: acbdc47db28e9dedc84a8c94f8e75d6c9e9b2e6d12cd0654b694ec60de7cb99f