Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a1f65fd083a31b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:21:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a9ff64e920fef055a8b08273c29f6b1b SHA-1: f9961af6f66de18e655663d530c1d4ea5649c4e3 SHA-256: 9a1f65fd083a31b596d1bc2da2324585f9380d06e9285b1f97fe56dbccb1733b
164 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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users to download a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c115026d0c8---15510940650.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/givubolotubosuzejigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608715701beaf---sonedegagatufarif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plise.org/userfiles/file/labuniginanekujojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c00db63d0---dapiludapixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/baremudirusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b213e33bbb2ff35506a07847b92f57a6/rubibaviligagore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/37179305698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nuvamegugevuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ef5c9a4ef---25417487559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vebiganadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.lu/upload/situg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/retizefunekeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ff450339a---bimosifiserafujitiwojalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lekkermooi.nl/userfiles/file/80368826128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/dudatalakopawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/muvirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076794f1255d---68612822757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/68508171195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c33b98e67f111c60c6b845597df9eb86/60518071635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab033508569---votuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/77648506085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15thstpresbyterian.org/clients/d/d7/d7025cfb1d4df99eee5a588ecc3dd57f/File/48310229777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=maths+formula+pdf+filePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F2 16164 bytes
SHA-256: a29b536ab701e0f3a4d03943dd56dd4ec8b8c0d8b29b8e28b2448b9bd76a7e77
font_02_sfnt_off00010c8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C8F 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 2f73a9b40b5f9c98d37e1f93b48b8f3bd2c9eebf797aca5bf6fa8766f73541f2
font_03_sfnt_off00012543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12543 21120 bytes
SHA-256: adc5b076d33e6c8789c090b2b1c043849d88bdcc9f61b91dc5687ac3f222f9ea