Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9783a1237e7cf77f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 13:38:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 706907408b3150f2c4bd7ff45490bcf9 SHA-1: 0dbe7a37907e39b3bddd01d7f70ca7d25df3ce95 SHA-256: 9783a1237e7cf77f1fd1d58c04fd1a07abd5fec5fa79248f3ee3e0ab5bdb80d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosting other PDF files. This pattern suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fba5a5486---22788852892.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb16d0b486---ponifilonesidotonaxason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342a446ac6d477e3d4bd7d284ffcf8e1/23016741606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be2043e26d---27143453395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94734805cc---wamiriselakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b67451b5396282d3d84457b92c8f224/gegejepijoduwuvefupuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74dc4859e1---soxawapelaxisavajagin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/21658743426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9a2b194ca---ruvobeleluzegedosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/bupelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/26569669018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bded0166f5ef54e1b2ff050b198f8f5/gojidubesimesurode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d79c4c248---suramerapokazabakexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9h5ifhn45qdvpk7bo2svv63ja/pumidalukoganise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418fca86d256ff9ec06397a434d2c8ed/fetutogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8c11c6902---vukebexemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bdeaj5rl9jj3l5ecr5ot6lshj/18113738806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kigobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/81766480907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/34101890015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4bafa4d8b---20423402437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ed8bfb4c4849ca06245de40f76098b/44627749095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/xifisopugadiduzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086279138936---20177323521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092256ab0c44---15688015282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818639aced4---wogebawotojiwazurojesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklasik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojefipakivemexopawiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ultimate+math+solverPDF 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_off0000ebeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBEB 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 1417a1d0783887e67b260ccf20b474e09eb65430bb3f3442b2bab4e8757ac0ae
font_01_sfnt_off00011965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11965 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 3134cf9865ddda869f01ffbd2b5d91e7f4fdf3b1c208a5d9d89b73e3d122e786
font_02_sfnt_off000130c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1