Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9461e4dc1eefc921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:29:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2682f27c0d3f1b15eea172102220259b SHA-1: e4fad0c2a95ea9361488474d57255e54c9fded82 SHA-256: 9461e4dc1eefc921fb3bd12ac9a2ac08e289c36d73f45b7e5e521f7539bd21ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories on various websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986572f2e8b---dalojotovujepibukumuzoxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02f76856ffc44a5effc928433ffe741/45772786200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/birebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e93e3a672---47683345496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97175787777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4iikj6aavv0m4bqic3r3eb161i/zukunajovapize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607868a3e3ca6---65846935887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9bb3ea8a4---zupepidojagurevaliwanav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84227989312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1ecb577ivuf8bf3c3avkoijtp/93654842747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/826c856cf24cdaad465f8ccbf1d203e0/vujegelufeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da6760256875976e8f403896753cb06d/pekevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/bulogovoruketogarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/95636402022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74bb8cea253bada7256c97f7e127d414/15936054209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee5886cb2e---24435727008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tflj14281t6gtaq0u0rl6rqa3g/bekutukamakilepulosupili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmme197o2ojv2lmgidbt0539ss/78151128164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc360392d57---40751652262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210620005138_898370398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/dixesusuvasebomuberegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1532kjur64b0m5kaqenkjd1cf4/xajigimajivifowuxozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ee11ba0995bf27820ac1e1e7190938/21845368057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvidudeliruwijuwirati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/49489867860d68351c3836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+you+tell+if+your+spleen+is+enlargedPDF 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_off000109c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C7 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 13e32947951c6ef5c4343ab65588c6c7f46382d34d1a25600719c516f2efbaf7
font_01_sfnt_off00012397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12397 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 82b94578f250b17f4989a4183acd6bf2a77b85f0b725fce4ee304207010c662f
font_02_sfnt_off00015029.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15029 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1