Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a9a972d557e19e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-07-13 07:04:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: dc795b60b420ab98da2222e0c01a1b99 SHA-1: 1aff672c97c95463dbc617f74dc0ceb66f330d63 SHA-256: 4a9a972d557e19e4087cc04eda3f0b65074820cc9db8e4e8cd411ea6a0733427
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9746

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 http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6120a424a---kivax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b66a6ed98f244dbe33792d97b518e2a/lasowiguvufasuferapate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5a106a2076686a4eda623379d66b18c/12527799205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/gimipigifebifebilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763bf5ad8d8---nazategobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/70233713281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a929ea7abc2---41414070787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7polqphb7uhu2dnntrb0b776m3/36535407312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11486d567811de843bd3c246e7036178/75086245277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/nanunoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d22a3b24959d3fed427e3e00a66da7c/jobadisomoxoxazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2671060785---pawarunone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dbf93d8da26cdabeb0625c39b76344b/gikugivubobobizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/aef0efd98414be320cff5f49199f21ff.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//julesozevilelezem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/ranejonodobudufijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf85403ca9---doxumagopebiwepajafizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd32f87cc9---vatenuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/simuxorazupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/89906349983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bungefamily.com/clients/5233/File/nefimavalunaripivow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/508fdb02ccab3ed0df7e6a09c2832507/34614725334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/3573618344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/pudaterupufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079564668eaa---xagezesotage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210527020533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=a+dish+served+coldPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00015a25.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15A25 18032 bytes
SHA-256: baf19339afd05f09ea8e6fc46bef73b646577f4b03be5f3649095d7b13e9e697
font_00_sfnt_off0000fc12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC12 18160 bytes
SHA-256: dc85abf27de77d0e7c8f16a664461453ec32a817f40bf36421679aaf8232ec5f
font_01_sfnt_off00012b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001435a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1435A 10148 bytes
SHA-256: ccb84d78db3e55bbffe4964317b5ee4e81890f97cedfe719fde9eda6f1b893b5