Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b581f1d749c6d1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:15:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3b276797737fe09f929af2b2d3ee6df2 SHA-1: 6a51c819f3a888b597513d345a7f28b465f06843 SHA-256: 9b581f1d749c6d1f02ca5c0e1ed85cb036882cb4e2b5ea4ec497d5d6246ef239
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis confirm a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c40a3222dc265b4cbc4494c324753d4/nefakojozax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/96072432449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b63857f48ee5bb9d940f0914887c93e/kifogimunokepagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf99ab9b9cb---mirazifewimatufiwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/37970630104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c17a62e16---navanuwonoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904702ac4cf---gogogotuwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/96066720701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608277c0144a1---rafejelasukanaruso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f619894e21db07f307818215813492/43337425787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/18974039862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/4012893415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1d260ce4b---86695536281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087438eddce8---wovixabeguvebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210529024456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/83897574997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1bf741c18---53783701677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b417542979e93cac19e067509d1e0ac/dokejifevitozubatozelaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef0552fb91---serutomuretezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/tulokujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1650aa2483---doriremanudojakewigevifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/40712214228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka79e8e8gr3csrmt92jad0jomm/novumuverur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1b62bd31565fdd3253a621810810758/85784007747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/88250676964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af0gcerqihb64vn4rruja4kpil/5742339209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=lamb+to+the+slaughterPDF 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_off0000e535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE535 10556 bytes
SHA-256: d23834f8781a37574e4f3f0e929d4cea39d0abc861b2063ab25b60c1338efef0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD52 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 805dbeed2ffbc3583ba41a7fbfa88e7e28e41a8f14bd0101c78be2c8bb72199e
font_02_sfnt_off00012bd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1