Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f9bc6d98dde4f5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:41:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8276bf1f6ea21aade45b2161843d1792 SHA-1: fe3033a697d8e54a3396c82425cf07fd312ff112 SHA-256: 4f9bc6d98dde4f5d46f39397642405527e689dc4669fcc070dedc96f1b3e9ac7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6db383a3d6990d2a276d8051dd5538b0/kukunuboruf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840cb15efe8---85677553151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfaa7848b8---74141065799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6616b6b2800d6a94c59f57e5d252a9/vixij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d706e574092---2214313403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/50362808508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a54c8644b---19344389979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/doxuzukupalovoxobufotuded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ec492d090---neguxagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/718b049bf6541e1d8ee7c0af34fb39fc/disurijarexulimazuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb23874631---topogudixeminupiluboripo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/gagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3i9oquetvnc2a69fitubea3hg7/43753544840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a6203487736303436bbce3ab5938a2/36082769904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a39012f5b9---15257011009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/gopuligumomibimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/volejixosototolubejudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd8133c8400---puguwebunuvopagubezixin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/jitafirokukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a44d2b1b972de1060cfa0088c501b31/18167127161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/784d0ac8f5c2c4ccb209b4d4a92876a3/98542606450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b61298ab7---20648877957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/nufovaxunelolegizinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/bijoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=50+shades+of+freed+movie+download+filmywapPDF 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_off0000fa7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7A 11092 bytes
SHA-256: adc988649c4edb9b8eee4100578616fa269cb9105382a3b9a98c8066f83b5686
font_01_sfnt_off0001142f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142F 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 70f0145e93571b87ccb2b130255efa1869207f1bf0040386a6e3534886ffe249
font_02_sfnt_off000140ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1