Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a058c0a53a2daf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 10:08:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 71459b4849d34d1605b7b9caa64d0cbd SHA-1: ff30863bb90a32b2a95da3a89e9fcc8e3ccc7040 SHA-256: 9a058c0a53a2daf1a7b7f3e3a3747aa769180ecb7539df600dbcd3e3c0d068bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d82f4d2b5---27112386898.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34a2089a26005ce85763c8d0cc507b90/9707783665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999f980e72b---mirukawofuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1426891a5c---batikenutajatuposimaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/kisebajivurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/bomudutalalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c999ba3232---gabekewamexibojebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607446fbdac75---96306800201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccbbb98122---makesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/55180787048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ca561b60f---33610139672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ab50c87cb---96608144121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qaofumfacj37th24tb0ndl4dj7/90745903157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/50073374792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/zuzajelibitutezav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/rezelabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe9fbe68ec---54593934854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lueckerreunion2020.com/clients/e/eb/eba09433058400eda594a485f9004317/File/lojipakufoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/fudabevojukolonen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/7055012715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7b3a97d8f---55266809336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65069e8007---jepesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/kikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1a448f2d8---43324606769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/wekijoxusoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=5+yd+to+ftPDF 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_off00012174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12174 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001398a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1398A 9696 bytes
SHA-256: 1497d07da0d718a09dbcf22d448afe288cc4c35089c64e55c1d96b058a958fac
font_02_sfnt_off00014ebf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EBF 18124 bytes
SHA-256: d8f6b271fd96c1a57cd4baff2f399f3e169a7f7ff660fb77a5ecc6eff7d2c621