Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9affb69911a54cb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:04:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d660609c476d3dec43c6a325194b81e1 SHA-1: 1e94d5cda78294abc212fb07977d6f59c3b0a194 SHA-256: 9affb69911a54cb54783d8d4135e752b8928c0cb2c5ae95b93daf3fb452f768b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded links are the primary indicators of compromise, likely serving as a distribution mechanism for further threats.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/kotedofufabufijodiribaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17d84589e6---45813220901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rtasimjm1kej64ovnalq2htnb/rexeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/images/blog/file/xopoxewimuketizokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/vetewewifurojurafewuwedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbaytag.com/resimler/files/lalasarutugevubugomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/gubewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mcir4fgkpja345f9eam61cu693/66614838797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/mozofidumibamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ad0d0ed976---guporudata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuli-capital.com/userfiles/file/85327059809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-13/20210613064501580642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indirimlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/98360873944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f89073a033---82329821544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100eb17b8f5f---suzuwasinezezonufin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/nilewusamamesigedimitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcvperu.org/data/fcvperu/userfiles/file/gexevikuraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/26805661793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/95633930720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e9b4d7217af40a27f0ac8729c0cb64/79519815576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161266864d24a3---219698144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898f665d7a8---vobamomusujawajibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914570e709a816c31a5e6d28737c0422/judubitizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/53444426209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg3scih4205ba1jv8d516gq38s/30280771446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/jagomirobejadawewolumesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=springfield+xd+manual+safetyPDF 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_off0000dd11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD11 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 2d3e56ec88cc8a3915d80d6f74d8140941908c804194a66e00e3a0b5417f3a68
font_01_sfnt_off00010cea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CEA 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 0b4219d89cf38cb47e6cd51881687f97b7f0f119c50cc29aa4bbb6e65fff11fa
font_02_sfnt_off000126a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1