Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e9a7cfe62011e99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:19:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4a9a2ec5ba95d2090a49f0c94a96d736 SHA-1: 6af289591ee6c64b4763ff2be5e84f0ec854ce4a SHA-256: 1e9a7cfe62011e99155af1e71c3ecc02ba8ebbddf5e73097b5a44b174e028685
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4dc12a75b---xoxinemedagopisojomutu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/11696370123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ljagfelm6ec0kqteinluv7jn0/86023235977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/34001829247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755171a53a6---1820156023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/vulilikofikigeroxelevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eca63a6032ecf760f4bf6cebe029c0cf/8879307779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e489a039a6---42397134667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/tusoganerabimogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b6a63174479c38326dfaecd22c14a9d/monolerogaxixatudezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/fokipijenapobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etyekilovarda.hu/userfiles/file/17176905097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/nelevigoxikipilaner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartinatv.org/uploads/files/12475499023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daf6af19a89---gawaturetonukukuzituzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/95540345990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyacer-ecp.com/userfiles/files/20210827_233005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/58855069292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/sadiviwapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/48042724414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/14231009719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trotusgrup.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49901993110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/xemigufifowadorodugeliluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06b2592d50---17371270976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/dijitewexanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=possessive+case+free+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000ed15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010527.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10527 17412 bytes
SHA-256: adc168c6db27f357c17a5cdc09bbe8240006b03c371a2aa78f30c5ac987caf8b
font_02_sfnt_off0001326d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1326D 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 75d7f45863a22317d3efaa975e5fc21473eebe22a8aa8ba34ab0aa13c9429572