Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9912900186046a8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:37:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ca5581931a4a4cb0525401ff211a5d86 SHA-1: bcab3934691245686735d8fc5516f115f5aa9386 SHA-256: 9912900186046a8cbd959b9d73e1dc0fc726cbe8f0530eac37e8f92eda91640f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates an attempt to obscure the final destination, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22a369c7b7---nexuvapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bdb1893f97e5ca90ac9e1eb2ffc8078/61970708909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840686f3ea7---1875296808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e49e590fa---mogadaxolexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhroseclassof77.com/clients/45984/File/20376497416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611856d59ee30---8737510803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfbik6vi1q96b6k7loesdleh0m/kilibuzatomujuweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a43a970b14---digoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce9b68221d8---lirejelanurexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bbf5790d53---2558730643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/dejupunegofoziru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/40387238050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b8c24ed0b---mudedukubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optimizecost.com/admin/ficheros_fckedit_subidos/41013750945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45sshonrtmgrlq65k4hbcvq1b2/wimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypperfect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9480920275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silmalogistics.com/sitename/app/webroot/uploads/ckuploads/files/sarikixaxoneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/nibupakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/53036965382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/senosabakoximejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/gigoruxatadepamuxoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/72312783499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19b265834bb8c723a3b95dabb5e7183c/sidowezize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=nursery+activities+books+pdfPDF 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_off0000da5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF272 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7d0e861a4aa8e5efa16c8fda3662c3904e733e7c65bc9f653f01e7be42f4f6
font_02_sfnt_off00010be4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE4 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 72874b5be8899acb5057b67ecaa3f2f2ad481cd5a94b61a06afe1738fe3cf595