Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a9afdf63bb1a3c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:59:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 443d8eff561b8e548ce81ba2b9ca5727 SHA-1: 804d2e2da746d1ba0d345aa482dbbdb29afaaf85 SHA-256: 9a9afdf63bb1a3c08f12aac2024b077b8a4ac95cde90d218f966cf41c6f04a9f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with a high ML score and ClamAV detection, indicates malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to download further malicious PDF files, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guerrilla+marketing+jay+conrad+levinson+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83707d85e80e6ccefcd4584296a9d91/41477586280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategieb2b.com/userfiles/file/82581360706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c34ee369c6d771ccb9e12e8819c16019/85669096346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a34d3a85c4cb599e4875dc56121833e7/21018083659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69da3d6ee9d1cd3a7b57996ed2beb49d/77080456561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edcasys.com/ci/userfiles/files/75686498936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f78a5bdfad318da66cdce53bad4ef98/kiloluwaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/693be700c065ee5af00d582b50c918b2/lamudenela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/93376316599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eff90774fba57d44ace0ae98e7a7fad/jaxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5e8e89ba00---64185876018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.fr/ressource/site-image/files/52525200658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/11686779002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/futegukajoxexiwekopujefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/tosabizobagowevixojuguluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/30763831282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/58015310748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608186b074d20---wanijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/zezadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aea3f4ad3678a2732cc7785d905c8e9a/12786249744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fe8jtq3nodfhjn21r9gajrema/64513189515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b524b3da9---zoralodogukano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobiliareincentro.it/allegati/file/99851088253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec1146123f---42416740467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ddd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD7 17908 bytes
SHA-256: cefef5ba65912bc265a793e4b852e94385db790d295a675f3f6c79d25891e16e
font_01_sfnt_off00010c5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12473 11504 bytes
SHA-256: 6e8af694f580554c9716f36dae86bb04c6722ce95005fb0b38081d8fa55f18ff