Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9077d97516bb0511…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:22:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d3535c7a61eb5f9680fef04a0ebbf0ec SHA-1: 56acd213fba874bd0903e49c5d160217fb593db6 SHA-256: 9077d97516bb05111d025097cfac7a0feebfa43a1123ea1d8a5a2b1847ca8633
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs are designed to lead users to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e785ef057---pixijile.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0e0d60504---11359205501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/vunulutokadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b169a76b7da---nepofujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e66shc61oh61odq8e6aufq3053/24381968496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5ug47q73br14fuuuf5cu8vnio/562318758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dd412f8c537288765357f0f9b27e89e/wibezusasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d41d8aaa3b---lajogufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8fcf22pev3o6u7i2358n3orun/1618721955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/13831677919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6324592849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070403eeda86---lerukofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/sekizifogajibasuloxatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/sonisapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a1ea09eb2---84294279650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/liriturojiligaroxojavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/36549880491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/14139258380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa00700a8313339d30a47028007c32c/gabefagetewalimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a84cb715e---89517889159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/ratomonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/70941605241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=play+your+position+quotesPDF 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_off0001b957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B957 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 7d29fe46b16ab054f3adb272c32dd948348db1f228a4d6853aa3ba0e7a72704b
font_01_sfnt_off0001d1c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D1C3 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 0f86e4299466f4e53fc21ba0a72c0b63bfc3ec6145fbe02ace1f75714fc626f8
font_02_sfnt_off000200d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x200D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1