Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9241df6c42062550…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:12:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 97a62a11dea62da8d4b83cd7b713a120 SHA-1: ac5fc1e388192a740fecd869d5362e90a2346542 SHA-256: 9241df6c42062550102bb9501ebedfa5c08715d0b84b6a097e4aa3f3616d2bff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution through these links. The file's structure as a link farm on potentially compromised infrastructure supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gt70i3is10fvq25gl2hr245t85/71238391240.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ea998469d---89943661029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j6c23h3gbvboeqk0q7jfhr2ep/32830353327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfq1cjm6a2vlg2sehif13eime1/fogekemolajunugedaseberut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/zizuradijiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/vudukarabexexolujemevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ff12eb896ceb339357bfa7fca7552f9/fuzumudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210627084439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/74790236598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a721d620137---29246870884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54930713569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b48daf776---javerawuwafigabegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bddcc2f35---47026744461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d73885e0b0c3b87067e2b189cb1dd4fa/72676239864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/os77uirq39ruq3i7mgk0ftuahd/jedegimikemawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/tiwuvomaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/38462318324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/7807862262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4pa4t2j29cmcde4o5viqktfu6/1855501906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te70395lbov429823ulh98t1c6/dufajutedezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/99053572846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f504cf9d1---xezisidapidovafixedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4dd6b9e927---jibimoxopuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/97398163027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+pages+converter+for+macPDF 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_off0000e58d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58D 10892 bytes
SHA-256: dc8492e6ea8d6ce1ca92562db01190569e8d4d96f5b12818d1dad05c439319f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE9A 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 01c187b7ae5cff098ff9f61ae518a0fef8c3519495fdfa52d5ae09e411399f91
font_02_sfnt_off00012b15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1