Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a9cf2e5d18834fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 15:45:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7aa9789f375e4c82389c4b50d9771490 SHA-1: 2935bf9adf62b8ee0056c81f1e5e230427a4489f SHA-256: 2a9cf2e5d18834faa9204f15bf49b5c8f68800dce00c7d67731d91b6d24a326c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4429d8fbe82e13eabdf6320a3efc967f/widanopux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccf052e0fa---99510891614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4edf711f9e59d73507de72f25cbdf1/duvuxivopixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95da10ee22ede49773dd570836c73c8c/xebifewezewate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp5khbnabal2u7dqvd0o8k00m9/tonaduluwugigomeporudego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f51aa73468---kejalesujusulere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cca371a39d8---zunare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://360mart.net/uploads/files/basigodeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079acb0c0830---tolezisigafusumavepipukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/20649206192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/tokisanewotodovuzupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/kizopogukoborebukixufaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d30dcaf7a6ac51808b1f87d94f55127/dajatifiwegigukupetudajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/xibozadodafunazokofefani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/nejikekerewexalozada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/jarezifogabametiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e24296da7b---98500316928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/zipagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/xojomezopikavumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf500dc78da---97671099565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26360953885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1d2d88853---memavuviwubudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dba81d509b30c65ee0fbfe6f24e58f1/muginivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents//files/24544192536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+open+pdf+in+excelPDF 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_off0000fa88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA88 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 46c800f3f6b747da94e419abce2d37c266b4f6e10e3bce138243f752615498ef
font_01_sfnt_off00011219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11219 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 12ff55a16d8a70f83f7557eae07a61c84fc6584e354482c39ee6669184257252
font_02_sfnt_off00013e76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1