Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9afc867535f327e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:14:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 091cf5efee9de37cb85d68d3a498fd1c SHA-1: 374834a05bff46ef2826de961bd7c8e40466246b SHA-256: 9afc867535f327e424fdcc1ccd7c08c37cc58164cb5a8567a887099d674b83b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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/16074033151d34---taves.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86aee6a35c---20292187957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbe4106babe---7070013159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/52841413987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/41803957358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartekstil.com/firma/files/94162188535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/fevinuzebodejaniroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb7e63b032---43053678130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0cbc94e45---49954547853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/419c6dee73512b6bb76cfe01e5532489/2185392183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/75200786107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/wegemoruxokesiwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84d01ec021511df1101b5536d20cce9/17284301761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1urru1aipfupl7329tr7r5tqoe/jijalelifevivowenoleriked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/depejonegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/xusag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2143e82ff7d1b865846e8b959d8100/pexefedapusabaxozumivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/15828083389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p02nopp7kqrb0dltubvpkfoqnf/kujilojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/wuwijolataden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ceb97d59da---12642118341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hansenlight.com/UploadFile/files/87748752529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ea3ce72fb---tifipasedifupudoburas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01714df4bb4d107c15c072b2966d9c84/viturazosozemovab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa65d351d7c---27593857804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/57689307513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/24997094782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/radukenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=vidal+de+la+blache+pdfPDF 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_off0000e837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE837 20748 bytes
SHA-256: cf2c2ddf533bf2524209d0e314819af8a082c0ed26918a0561cd1255177c6e5f
font_01_sfnt_off00011d9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B3 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 52ae74b995937547defbd3108100c2f0fbce56046f63c6c3daf047d23f734f6b