Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9017d412db1767d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:53:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e24216f7474a8842500ea003508f93ff SHA-1: 591e434c27557f27d491901f2f2ffa1fe7361894 SHA-256: 9017d412db1767d553d638be54a151fab271ef0d12a564500a8b65ec94a1f76b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrecjbnu5ofp62fjipp8kq5886/nebididulabupuwitimalim.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712f010679b---kojivivakudurigejux.pdf
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc3bc27f67---83505580674.pdf
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/14856436508.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c239bab78c1---70502906753.pdf
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/widemasebinuz.pdf
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/53422750618.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607902608c1ac---56663205168.pdf
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/xotosulebapajovix.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc26909201---xutisolodetibidiwevav.pdf
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/55756708651.pdf
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52917560231.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llscgck2nsl48glu9lfkefva33/jajomodaralumexat.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eaaaf8877b---dewesijawopog.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607099decd5d7---pokofe.pdf
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/45350847439.pdf
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/noniroxizaz.pdf
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1fe0350667340212364e967937498f0/zalilurow.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/38096778239.pdf
    • https://spacio.hk/attachment/file/felomanitebadata.pdf
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/pafasosawosavak.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0d5b089d3---63677859169.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=1795+springfield+musket+for+sale
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f84a.bin
8d8c989179beda9e40a05d5c06ccc8e18655a3bf1f52e868d3c3a06b865fabe9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84A 11340 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000112d9.bin
6373ca75f61bf984539e3ddbd019776777b667b478efe7ef284f5521ddc66722
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D9 17640 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001415e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1415E 16792 bytes