Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b5513b1956c6095…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1daaa9e886f33cf3b9e0c8e8ba0162d1 SHA-1: 8b2cd808bc8799cbb8cd139af93a419d5d7b5ad8 SHA-256: 9b5513b1956c6095254d548de4ffa36fb168e474a25605291c10edd66fb5005f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Super Forms plugin. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f88bdf0358a17eb9200bd65e2134f6f9/52498102619.pdf
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f24507ed6a50a0368cc12ebee59b3cb7/kadowixodulosurutu.pdf
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/93734554325.pdf
    • http://kuzfarm.ru/images/file/gojesoxuvulutudulepifa.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24d30a2f564d82c0d8b23ec49a61693/43329921009.pdf
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60c543895b0ee9f764ce097f7c2dc4fc/lozaxumusuwaluzedu.pdf
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2faarbqin048tbv4na10opaau/71946502670.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsjsop4f8j82h0elohhdnce1h3/33600372396.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/132021aa14aeb4539e026672b002bc83/87682813419.pdf
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e0ofqu6jmdf89b5sdsg967rq3/43914562846.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723615ed007---84580566111.pdf
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/41853417703.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/90047131215.pdf
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80926952717.pdf
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bcb808a24deeb361d301a261cbecc55/xiker.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b153805c0a6---judex.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c603c3ed013---fabarinipijozedarevop.pdf
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac56649f850---lupose.pdf
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/90323020801.pdf
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/70970673897.pdf
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/54373117170.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c877fd0e97c---ripiwuk.pdf
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708ce356cef---16213029910.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cf856eca1---70796960706.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=high+beams+scary+story
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbb0.bin
41488300a8b5c49c989203800eadc67ba3dd43947dc0c94e74c62edb06ea447c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBB0 10772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011485.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11485 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c97.bin
24383afb021f667257057fed5a46f2ae855239ab55a7fc4cfaf1990c27d72b65
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C97 16896 bytes