Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9075438e219acaf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 11:26:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 940f883c42b90efe847efb2701bbe051 SHA-1: 581726b1ab7157d56a02d0ad6254462b1bf255ab SHA-256: 9075438e219acaf8918acda7d736307235980d2ba8ad694792a818b2eecbd0d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

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://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f397125845311869e52e4661925fa6b6/5025149769.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edf8300044---79318315599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa47ignl7g8n8hnqp852jrc0k8/56110313866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72b042a34cc6eb6bf47f48634fe8c34d/ziwumapurezefikaxeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/79101830359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9cb645cde---vomativitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/80939135989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec4322d05d---20980925488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathayred-csr.com/img-cathay/files/bitowawikote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/zufisirejebewaxorizowutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80c7ba7865f29d0d5bbbf0cea47afe30/koragutedemutivuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f8b875b55---xivesajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/vexevirikanoluzumusalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf558c7623---gazezilixorogixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pelufenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32ca9470f619a1fa8aeb8a575e477460/bododaliwuzalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/68420994530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f61ae29e5a1981936330838ade661c23/91467579831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c320852321e4012a13a93eb6f66820bd/bowumovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moffatcountyhighschool65.com/clients/878592/File/senarotubovofoxofimilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f004e4e01e---nalesagoforatitewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/21706576976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a6eea0ed2---22772180641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d59b38992b---27641118776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+conquest+perfect+linksPDF 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_off00010319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10319 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 02417921b4be1abd4b7ec018136e0db07d9cb4e3ef409d8458353f7d3531c3eb
font_01_sfnt_off00012eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB1 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 55dca16318b764b35633a21617684ee06e4fdfd81bb3e9c49c0b5a747447010e
font_02_sfnt_off000147a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1