Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9525fdab34f492d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 19:32:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1c5b8ee5803f9237e2f15e940b00141b SHA-1: 96dec43c55282c384c76bcf15bd9e81ab3c884e8 SHA-256: 9525fdab34f492d6fb59d12d245ceb73e33dcfc43eb45af8a32afc6846db4e48
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/44728556558.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0baad475faa08b9472b5b175ee5bc9/waxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4storonto.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/wobepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fe6ea8cf9955422191eb87562f15a9c/lunujerinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkeytailranchdonation.org/clients/e/e8/e82116dd0b5861b0917add2a69208af2/File/kenafabebawesepara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1641a97b4---lunasanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonkingchina.com/d/files/fenizazemazinasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/namonasumotitezeviwisora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://williamshudson.org/clients/3/35/35bf74ce48b5c120232fd40fb4fe3e45/File/mufubuviwagawezexivover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210602014925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/gudivojesovabuzepebirate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skjq6cunumdv2n9mfur42cakuf/geworesukisigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730288722c5---33417783890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/45695960690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/kiworiteduladisupolujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://producedepot.us/userfiles/files/97613884779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28076348058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb29a8912a8d38db9afbb8c207e4d40/82288641425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97706042373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daphongthuyhueminh.com/uploads/image/files/73651708443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/du1q0gpms8fdi8t84rh8igc3dr/749533566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25822db1e5---pufofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10053325820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed45c0563aa560c5f8189167083ed73d/71432845575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f13ceee899---53641995013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=four+students+are+discussing+their+thesis+proposalPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/lowadesujigutewisofegu.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_off00010bec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BEC 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7f4aadcc54db52db0944f9ef988b02d773c0aaacaabfa9151768ca5bc66cd8
font_01_sfnt_off00013941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13941 10872 bytes
SHA-256: dcc46108e406f9d93ae4afc98c8a51a8f8e8a12c747faf88724c2acdd19d4f92
font_02_sfnt_off00015219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15219 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1