Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ae74602bfe3dcec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-05-23 12:41:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 939d95103e53b64c49c3ab2daa0e2334 SHA-1: 28b1244ea6f664dfc452a4bb6f62d6a2d9b574e3 SHA-256: 9ae74602bfe3dcec5c0b3ea87e59d2132969dc9e3f0665295abb0c2fd4b2b145
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites, with several URLs pointing to compromised WordPress installations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for malware distribution or phishing. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=will+skinny+guys+gain+weight
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/73591817120.pdf
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c4b18846087bb5641ace204a79b8284/sanodizotekunolegirekono.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7e4c8e4de---pixoge.pdf
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607275d380309---bukuxijanat.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608f7c8d430cb---fawevivodapaparikek.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9437d8a526005b210a5666f8daacb70/zavugixomezuti.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9eb6b0beb---vidubav.pdf
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da76f32c093f82f6ac1979579a45c5b3/zokofobikeloxulukiku.pdf
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c39426484---xurojanafogok.pdf
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ede42bc783---vutakunugi.pdf
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430201101382520.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12cl8if0tsjqlqed4h2hipic6a/63328463610.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/274dfe03d2d4e6aa5c73c9a3e50f0271/52982434731.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9bfcec2a2e6393a377541f660ea36e0/kitilodomesopexesixes.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e4933746a---31195854737.pdf
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc5278a1e0bf208b4973cce3e86eee5c/kunuvepatevum.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81lfoli7seb16fbb4hfj12ld8c/70140777326.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f258.bin
cb8df4d4ba477d04c9da27d07d11ebc3ff740deedd70317bc7bf41932bd9aa9b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF258 5124 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103eb.bin
b610d87b82e0900d69be99fa33d3bdaa8f2be15c9846e946f7f5d33f9a127c36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EB 10992 bytes