Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a5b607f458eddb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:21:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cb4988bd6b475ea523d7430ca6efa581 SHA-1: 4b478d9989990ce1f76a54901f57b09b5ad23a10 SHA-256: 9a5b607f458eddb56d7f4fc4a15c2d4fa9b2f3a202931af454bbfe330d94a5e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7263d4845e---48919570986.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dad29c2742---minamekatajopodipapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eivgtc5buuf52greschponkvfl/65787080647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjpjxt.cn/upload/uploadfile/file/sevuzinigomaxeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/59601327167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49085467367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zeviretovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/merazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/88023357084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa6fd7492865ca9c06acc7a4d5d5efd3/99103815553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skinrepublic.vn/webroot/img/files/wedasujuxakozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c02700c914082b39ff79d196ec9f162/47309728769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff0f1756c21---mibomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/48853010415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1c5972f0e---511766731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adfnb8ggt8e1kgqp62i722ho3j/25682896107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sge5ok296p6djcjorokttfdk5p/defekipagezikakuripotene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/31272587035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e9ef09890844fe3799b2230f80f18be/64939114340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81318566997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/34582998688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/54729099685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aumnat2car.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/sifisewovomugevaneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/norezanejovizipozukonuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7218bbe9a4c538b3d98385030a6ac628/gexisejufikawilelufeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=manually+uninstall+office+2016+windows+10PDF 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_off0000da34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA34 11124 bytes
SHA-256: ff1b50b9a41d0f6086d59bfb8c0e5b83618524f2f2a748627e223e947b920c9d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF480 17560 bytes
SHA-256: d6df2b280665e91b13b02d1da4ea5f1ae7e0fbef95ce7cd2c1aa6bcbe389aa3c
font_02_sfnt_off0001220e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1