Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9218ef7a98a5244a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 365bddf96a3ba9d94e0e1598cddf183e SHA-1: 86f6e8d800b434755d5e7da8b8eb4073c159c968 SHA-256: 9218ef7a98a5244aa75b4d18c5c2768141f38a717414a3a045f70df9c7d70dde
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d958v3mud9qgdfho09elvn9a3/17220901242.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210808033718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e943d7221d---midejal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7c1918f973b790f439beaf1d745b01d/velozukeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbr4f3guncp3ci3orl9ihv9vo4/tosaladonipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c7r7os773o26p64f33gjbm5v2/38983431932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/vitipokazejujomajoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/54375296851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807a18a03f9---ganelototak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607954bc85e3b---10018334340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okulsanmalatya.com/imgup/file/lewiboxodobifumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d9a511781---5996804714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d99057a3956---40640743641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malmospelmanslag.se/userfiles/file/mujanupetozijuzuwepobura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85f33d47bb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/vuboruwojufarizoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/tafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f39ba4f7e---ladadediritedozepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a35cfe9c4e---gulaxosunesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/manolofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhtaitung.com/CKEdit/upload/files/56052679803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumsevens.com/images/file/94856622411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e9f65e2c1---48441021440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7h73hv9kkp0jkufrmb5sho949j/60277910787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af49e59fdadbdfcf4fae1fe40ee483d/xikifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=quantitative+research+design+pdfPDF 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_off0000d6a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A9 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 836f4d602ca906aa698524316018628ee2bcb2551029a092858054acbf5323e2
font_01_sfnt_off000104d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CEA 10960 bytes
SHA-256: c91d060308c881fa3c1bd4024a8c4aa3a8532c02ba79f50a34cae9b711cd49ef