Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9567cb34076ca4da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-03 21:09:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a4c836497052a26fdfee987ad19c74b6 SHA-1: a2b759ec27acadffe7fc6656aeb97b04325331b9 SHA-256: 9567cb34076ca4da17e83f323346e92be262af15ad25e1f7d059dc8170b85ef4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm strategy is a common precursor to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/rotixusowamud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cca7cab8bf---1604801913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcurryproperties.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/19351135894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161000fc6d6142---71359095150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855a7a49da5---fitavuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5uhi8cdurrog3gjdlorc4clqq/fufilepuroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d7c668898---8271901489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjt2l7lbljjs3bm0q14b14bs11/93345614613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zaluziemalina.cz/userfiles/file/42733437536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5r8fpap6jrgg995k4s064r7it/tebolomokofive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/nariduvalosexazisafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a899245df4c5a5a8c61faeac0d32e98f/rowonufutopimituvimil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/nobiguzenuvanopamugopego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/22902087978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/29969473166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/dozidixodugilowusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/82980149177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/4747938185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/zusonupavuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ff2d9e2ab6e6bded7454f386c5da10e/88185387425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/800e524141ea6084f2cd4a166feba973/doxumotobarozigubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancingstarsgreenwich.net/clients/1/10/10f73e4104fe6082999c9b722aa65ba2/File/dawoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933ea40b8bd---kidalaperukikubole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=aarp+free+online+games+pyramid+solitairePDF 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_off0000f532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF532 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D44 17556 bytes
SHA-256: a7c772f374ee804217e0b0675bebe9c8a2f24364ec45747bbc2d12dd24ae1450
font_02_sfnt_off00013b79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B79 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 5e45b9a22590473c03a468a031faed1bc1101344f12cd58f643ede8db7ddee5a