Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a3c4a9ad1579c92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-08-12 00:42:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5417298c10fd7e8589795c26b8156fe2 SHA-1: 583bf9237fb4abc8a614b2b3dac745fba09f4b73 SHA-256: 9a3c4a9ad1579c924ee72fd520962fd06ebfb425872d39417e99608e825b24f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and compromised CMS upload links further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098863333d43---vijefukeromidivifunapexa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/9015406109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/begunaginelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/gexezeras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a06b3a369b---fovepimaworanovuninosonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/ridobibiwuromogekanumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/76435821386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danfilenemd.com/clients/67744/File/lalinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/mimomobipoxekezezali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/kepililomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-olomouc.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxinuguxuluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/niwebodibanip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/dovebireru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/sorodivovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed892b8b8a9---47019375918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fanns768sthhf252dshmbt1f22/bixewutilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f916e964ed1---jekipuriworofevilofizowis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071151cd7f70---zupusenivulano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ffcd3158c---51589835407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/9113039271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d96163259---92714084931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gip4fv6jetok040q01d6p1qav4/lugidofupobasuzibasok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/78854821080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93884946548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/fixupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d356c91fad3---60192098146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+a+acurite+wireless+thermometerPDF 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_off00010b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B65 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 184f7e0a07a83ddfc63dc0f7a08da7ce936c252f3687d802b93cdfe7f271ccf3
font_01_sfnt_off000137dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137DC 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 9f1e2d6148f509bb1cbcce3d64a486279c6b77fffbad54e6877ba7fcf9383422
font_02_sfnt_off00015002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15002 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1