Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a5ac577959ded44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:05:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 238a31adc0e4362def6c033f99450ad2 SHA-1: 19de7167cc08081e9925bcfe08075cd218e7c639 SHA-256: 9a5ac577959ded446640df781f10a1c73f44811268e75669bda9389b3308ed94
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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 http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/23807839435.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fc716852e---zimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210525181316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/putivofexomifaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edbcagliari.it/file/32368121848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/11349619142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab6c9227e4---tovimumitilem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/foretikoxaxivoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/27096807347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///18862937794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9033a1f5e0---jujasajifitevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f26f077e5c---9573467440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d226e04c27d---39820543451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2848be8dd---41978913924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d04a1345c8---52688960376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42db3efafcff5bae60877b116832a273/68267464876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peporulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/94772455045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080543283371---sewudafugivepizavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98s3jhmar6dssh912ugujkdom7/43728574080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6c2dc962606532f19064506d5bb60d/gaxaravatikokabej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/98317649657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://954move.com/clients/4890/File/gotuvolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a5969beb5ec0c4f0c7c7acf428abea4/momejevusufobamatepumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=reese+witherspoon+in+jeansPDF 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_off0000df5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF5E 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 56283b031f04e2fc6b4b019ecffd926a8755d344f8e54dc1e17d6587f1cbeb80
font_01_sfnt_off0000f75e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75E 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 37c6cbbc8c2b3d83445fa603274447c2d75484208ff5f7ffc762f0681fb85bf7
font_02_sfnt_off00010f74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F74 17720 bytes
SHA-256: ec0f2b0fe669f5d29c8b7c8f3c00f36a720f732dd77d1b31953f416f19c6c415
font_03_sfnt_off00013e22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1