Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9befda3031fbd8e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 12:17:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 64cf03435058821cb15d1fba1157c7cb SHA-1: 4b096e107105915a3b4c8ac0fa4f519ab7fc2a78 SHA-256: 9befda3031fbd8e0e8c84ffca3fc6767b69f21a68602ae3a6bc1a80ed9dfeaca
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to download further malicious PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. Embedded JavaScript streams are also present, likely used to facilitate the download or execution of the payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c981c37f14b---47527642306.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820e63dbde6---61124838116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnpnlee03rh4csot6lc3s1eivc/38332748269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/78193025221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikewaxosunezepomuliroler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b107dbc06e---kerubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608207a2e90c0---98550836895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/2593372104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/773c1c360f3cd84ec7ce3a6e667a5be3/83546949682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/70205357220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1d7748feb---lolikixidifabowuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60fb0038b7---tanosisaliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfb2cbc52f---97294506053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e78bf5f9fc9290265075dbca8d954ad/vogolozevibesopoduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021061314122034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/32659131499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607650385d136---58314401573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/80976229208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b47e1ff7e---82573952848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b37d7pbdbis16d07p9tupa2oc/vutegukalitebipizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/jaragesati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efbe1ffa3c8de8aa59a5c446446217e5/49269610936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=previous+question+papers+and+answersPDF 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_off0000ecb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CD 10736 bytes
SHA-256: cc37ba045cef96a28b2e9041422588333d82a94a0e3f0bbae5e7255e96383c76
font_02_sfnt_off00011d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D7A 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 57175e12ae8bb1a8dfd8c7ff85217c1cb36b235f3fb0f9d50778d4e23845ee9b