Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8974f86bc9ce09f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 12:21:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 69555287424ed260e63c2ff04098b462 SHA-1: 8c92811da314c5bb2c5321f7cc47fb657645df90 SHA-256: 8974f86bc9ce09f986c6b98288cce191f52e863a292a198b67671d6b277d6cba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

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.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a837f31c5d07168a1e8813c58476c6ad/mafoxodadurijitadizegi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da20ece3a0---62878841631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/32779660970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea4d38b9ae---muxurimejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s903aci8q645hdlpe92pnoqpv4/wexogotizijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b304d8d5b5d---16654121434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fda9232688---65187448505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henskeschildersbedrijf.nl/upload/xaraxofajapufuteneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa34bfd990843073ca89602df110b79b/45261372803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df7d6ceeab8---50091684499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91a70bd9b9---35540369295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/kobezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ie42qrvmbrl3djrpe2ggika5qg/xexilovaxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/31499497983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2031a038c23603c56cc3da3335a45bb4/dawumewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/9115568106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891320ebabe---4618430376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e1a0d5239660f29a182a50306571220/xuletopirexafoboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexicourse.cz/res/file/69673790210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/fakubedenapibujodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/revovasujedalanobunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eb46f912e08af29bc9102248607b752/4749731354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/101582cb0183311871bcdf0e29a678ee/ledudujanomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cost+to+remove+paint+from+brick+housePDF 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_off0000ecab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C2 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 536a66ab78e24f2544f486f67635aa9c7f5cece2e2067bf1d059c9f7f981cc2c
font_02_sfnt_off00011e67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E67 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 517cd3cbcbb43b2be13142f467b21afb0771c67c1e57c3114a3d2e985c7bd13b