Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a027be40bc4403e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 21:54:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a4246fe2ce67e963bbccef51c29a699a SHA-1: 5cf73834c795fb9de357582e271d5d44bafdada4 SHA-256: 9a027be40bc4403e2b1f90de65d65ae1c2d627111ed9018d75f282a8c264a208
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URIs and link farms pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a tactic to distribute or host malicious content. The file's structure and content indicate it's designed to lure users to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915799bdd98---36543405645.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fef5596cc20---kojuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d32pggfddcj3ag2lled71f6un/5762795935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jheh6s4sjglnv771utplj4oi9/mamadubazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64f16c9a28848624d57c76be9e22e247/97304918863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e4baead23---57376220845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinupejemebusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0016c57efaa179f1d22530f7f164fe6/judopivinidinavutusuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27ab0409f55f66376462c27776f4072/wewasinumiludubilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/22673050366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/80251232558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65963f2466618bfc18b8bb88e1c103f7/jolerusazurulemunajuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jpur3at40gugbug73qriqldf4/49205347200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1715a0665---belurikufopixodoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wumag.pl/userfiles/file/23899294353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b5ae8626a0---pemufufogesedanabikevok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe8ec2580285c7c597a57f389ed94439/61680434649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab327df6d8---85939058808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/zumukapunifovejepedipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/63093295460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/juloruwilusilekemulinapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/4507700103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/86303375185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c5bfa7313c82d2b6009d260f2260f4a/44311433008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6004654189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/6699170929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f6ce1d3fa0bac40f931a293aa46eb2e/petirijofonawamodemapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=holographic+will+sample+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_off0000f11b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11B 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 9ac6e3886e904ec0e0dfaff3e4c0594c8757fe9a562d99fedf77e5e38c53fbe1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013633.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13633 10944 bytes
SHA-256: b8b439dd479e180226e36ea7646b8d98b30c70b98d52760ad9983f13fd7489a4