Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b398cfcd26fd402…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:43:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f8f7372eba7421c3b3be44db43aac84b SHA-1: 32a7ab071ed2b83fc05881ec17723f0c8f53d8cd SHA-256: 9b398cfcd26fd40255553a101f37f39c5353ca968db11feab3737d4d7da877f2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains hosting further PDF documents. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic findings strongly suggest a malicious workflow designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1ef9c7edb0---4638817483.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/460788b151155229bab8e0595f96fa55/lezupekezabanurijemisisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d4d852cd1---bidoxedomodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/56417540299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfc3duebems6nkd2bs3l4qkh60/30827266676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706edab79bc---55152011635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87983162804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eeb95052e9---labamukijelivad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/mabipuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/debututoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yapluka-services.fr/userfiles/file/70765437189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/4240822605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anyimaker.com/upload/users/files/vatomobawebedubuluvugize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/moxewibobepinuroromewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909f897da67---83388093020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc63b6e5535f94187b12c4718283e9cb/kamirofuwixasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbfc639b04f5105d6f8fad073818084a/jugovefokewilotukek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/suxefozijinitiwosav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210720_200753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagogudirapulitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghr.ca/upload/ckfinder/files/81633096213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smsenerji.com/resimler/files/665137992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/86178037364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59690609053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/lezakalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a988b530d23---faxusowukakizogubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7404f8203d---nazotivaxogizasuvifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=letter+g+worksheets+for+prekPDF 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_off0000e173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE173 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF985 18304 bytes
SHA-256: 0b070e7a65132997b4d2989e000e6cb2eb2232c3c68409c0584cc43e8d3c787d
font_02_sfnt_off00012799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12799 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 9869f7fc71843064acca65607cd1acd32055d86c0c3c54c57496d4d1ac17b278