Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9290afdc3d279242…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:38:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0eada1360240ab7db2db1b19602e046b SHA-1: 29cd28dc2d3cb81f7accf4df1beeb0227c203117 SHA-256: 9290afdc3d279242ec7d0684dcd87eb34adba5d0bb0f775d047d03af08378b04
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a redirection mechanism to deliver malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=demarrage+en+cote+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4928634a09012d10556c4a752adc1cd0/92329174568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/gumirubatibizowofidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3987b179fc855c995ccdc7f7775dd10/todapexotasigiberom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704871d1346---zukumebigifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a44a7c2fb83fe7179754d0bec88922e/83302947113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ea9b770e7---pidimasuzelogajigusal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607754e223d02---farif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio86.net/userfiles/fichiers/luxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611649e6e2c42---75129642500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studiorosaliabusco.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68239225490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/31564758100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jloh6juh3mtcnckcknavhmgdvd/72868957428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8c805d04a---xonusikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b5c0785142195942ab3c12bf2c2b0e0/46216193836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd388ec9fe5545d4e0721a489702367b/71508068869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/zalixirumedevunanikudejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/puditepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a210ce6bd58---punejilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/bitatugapavapoguvubozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb50a9a738---39546644033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126df93277a2---kojibonuwifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889fe555f60---2916986615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094010b95972---99706756695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedical-yub.com/uploads/file/fizowinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njupmdpmdbjj0jiqsuuhficvo4/62559653607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD704 10656 bytes
SHA-256: be65e5f10a79266169a610f9cf66965e7ad42dfce5cee32ccfa9e1b5a01b3575
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10742 19044 bytes
SHA-256: a54fab817c068a9d3df678e4e151f6ce695fb817d1ac23b59d3b459c7a622198