Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 949e77a13b53f292…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:45:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6dd76a8c35893bdf28edee77266cefab SHA-1: 2cfc9695560ba50489979a0df2e22566b5c66b3b SHA-256: 949e77a13b53f292d9c2347111f0443805a2561b1c965e14349e243fcff4c154
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of external URI heuristics and the compromised CMS upload link farm indicate a likely attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fc9832ef6.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mirrorlink.com/public/files/files/2282461535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassco.ca/clients/9/99/99aa1728c1dafa3cf8773a75727b87c9/File/88520004464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/38862976604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c3f6670ad---36428503453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/gegujovakotezenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161006c610764b---tomikigarofopozinepojiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/97696010243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virker-ikke.dk/files/40097651301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6adee62509d7e1b32bb4d6b4cded0fc/57769381372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/98732306901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee4cc5ae422---fitaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03d0511ce2---46071478242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e4d666aa88---39013604567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b334d07f249---mibobore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb47426d588---35498007859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/judigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9b93b7abe---mapodonezawukojategago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/220695610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/renikixapofolitewufovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/3811803641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/83435763376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b07a91cac9---48471942876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/roxotenaxunewizesemosadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+reader+convert+pdf+to+excelPDF 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_off0000b67e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB67E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE95 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 71dffa96cfef0961e9c762fdf5c0525aa13b1e4d41bedbbb89b56363c2b5f949
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E0 16488 bytes
SHA-256: e3d584f639c977e06540ce0dfa4a981e05a31c59ecb1632cd30d4539b179b862