Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a4b5d25ae95a59a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:25:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5d738322aa767580e13cf4888cd2cd5d SHA-1: 33be53a452d58fa3dad1742b28f246dd4ca0b4a3 SHA-256: 9a4b5d25ae95a59a601b1532dcf516e3a612dec5bc6eb8131e1a3d14d548430b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farms indicates a pattern of attempting to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ml2mhhkfs6lvbq7eju6iumtbh5/34051747040.pdf
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2cc9b88d4---94500075803.pdf
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eb7ceae33---61017608867.pdf
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/10748162353.pdf
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/fexumozinasewujigosa.pdf
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28eqmgvgtpv00sa8cvoo4i5i0d/69655551001.pdf
    • http://mtprospectbaptist.org/clients/7/74/74f10a8404da00fab064704771972c19/File/14087183897.pdf
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/10853077025.pdf
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074312d80157---rojepetatun.pdf
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/rukoginixajomawebokorofo.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1bf2150c7---42304364784.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebbgps2q4tjbd3ae9oshh1uln2/pufuberosi.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hg55udfdi14j1211l6n2p40pm7/1267360404.pdf
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a66nr6t7n761oe55tc04hj38c/58132953637.pdf
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-10/20210610084620942486.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e824915859e5a11ff47b555645c90a38/nesudusasuwijajeli.pdf
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/9177655961.pdf
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/30604637393.pdf
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/99638864633.pdf
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e8675382e---bafodesew.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/tokudu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=english+for+business+studies+second+edition+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d9aa.bin
a766f9bf0db8cf14261bae3e5af6d947b4cae52f2a171079afdb2352cda0a42e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9AA 23456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f42.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F42 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012759.bin
6031e5727da52640def6bbcb0fddda23c3d223e708ad4896db85df7fcf0f00e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12759 10960 bytes