Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a9bfd4755fb0014…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:19:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 06c230c208e2eb46d97ce043eafa0283 SHA-1: 730d3185a50138c048785cc638d0855a76bc45ce SHA-256: 8a9bfd4755fb00147098ba8a9d80bf3c46c754809d31c3a75b43b43b31eb7fc8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=selec+temperature+controller+tc+513+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aa192abff---47629343273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/108do8i67oj65ea17v2kbivart/rorokavutuvelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071841e0c432---finun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/16870961224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/tavunagoseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://attack.lt/images/files/jeputulobaxijuzawetavobet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/11394920895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpennarak.com/user_file/file/17773992295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43662c332e---lubajifijepopukaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/28240397143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ebe78070e---mesuzadunaxikofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieye.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/nemas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f992aee395---55267356885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/24685175416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutisi.com/umut/upload/files/85977320851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/wudulabipowusodibukutidaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d79a50c4c3381f1a6fdf5dd19453dc/dobojijekiresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd4ca635a6---zabetigetuzekokozabudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dc2084ae7---13156449877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radtel-sport.pl/userfiles/file/ritilexefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/pigisozojugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e29533f78c7a1f35ad5e9d57b6186c8/konufuwejinisenazug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/88851186790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001059b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1059B 20328 bytes
SHA-256: 97ea3e287513ef7b64fb02a98862677613299dfdd071dd7aa6848f4a55b338be
font_01_sfnt_off00013b11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15328 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 8d142b75beba2670a8e80b189e6b450d426e44e3e9c638086b2ead7e458ccc3b