Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9258f0f1b22cf7e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:43:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ef90e5a107f4e524e49040119974abc7 SHA-1: a61d0fbdcc2bea97fb6f947a5005de056d14467d SHA-256: 9258f0f1b22cf7e51b497dfb955c93895d37d309e10df35161354e79ac86b9be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious link farm.

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://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/dixixupimubarufavidojix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24fdc02d70cacf5391f2b539eeb91c18/34022183140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-stage-meditation.tw/uploads/files/60dccbb02ce39.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/pasimemalazubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pamavufiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/xusaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/68261558192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2qp73dbjb7dj1lb9v5qj78t0a/tetaxilesogafuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f79972615ee4f85ba6bba626da28a3f/vewuvojebosinuganomumexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/61551675382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e3e294df1---45870939539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deef7d60d3bfe2646de2f267229d73ba/51663178998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea40061834---27113054650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d84a0cece---bimebafoziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/88391393622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4bc04b8ac7a852e263ab932d137a7a9/gunaxasawuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/64629857670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e61ac7f3553---tudefatifelorupodorisufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bereanbaptistashton.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8668e480cca1e897b6add33210fc6/File/10938929518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7201c4648cc94dfbb470e142fd1214e9/wanaralukeluwobimoropol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpcd4llgjo0g1tbl9j07qv8gvd/83335438103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4cdb452091---39713879376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc30088e06037e74f5d464ef7f5648e6/dijetivuraditexasodibabuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/42699735936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609219e8988f9---xulevolovewotos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=official+act+practice+test+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_off0001081d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001202f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202F 16912 bytes
SHA-256: d03ae93a6eaef1da4145279731f7970d80c7a11f71b3c84b32ea8a25e1306458
font_02_sfnt_off00014c3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C3A 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 1944d7d0984c5f8d7ceafb2dd8d7f5600157512356cb9da5f821a165c44a8d38