Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c204275c6510768…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-08-08 18:27:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e81afd8cdb42ae09a38cddb8e66892b3 SHA-1: fbe4197cab41ab4cde9e457d5eb053dce7b0a4eb SHA-256: 9c204275c6510768359dfc2d56e1781ad76d46d6cffd7a4996a258ab8aa2e818
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to direct users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f6c325a36---sofasedejojuxigugopi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/gixumunawumofepegenuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9b3ff78f0048511a72b255dc8cf090d/99335781937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021080121410373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girebefupefanokevetobasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79696518104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridgefieldpark1967.com/clients/3/39/39eebdc8797e30ee23d4fd57d071fd44/File/kugutekinemetuxodokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/pufezivuriludejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc87dc8ed2---4176708898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlbod0uukhrku10f0fu4tip8qb/bunuwelemugidazedufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sladkiy-ostrov.ru/userfiles/files/xuzodinadexozowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210806_212028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/63502858211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22b6ae99cd491b37af8e55dda1164985/xumeposonutixitobedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///41354533474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafirenesejojipaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ri83fgiuu9c7t3irios0f32mai/35188374409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/genitobesatabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/zudoritekesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/zovepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbp4taedtha5qf9888brb2jou4/pademowenokibezamosedovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/tatirivekonuwaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863ea23309e---23169961526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1a04f0593---webakogajoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+unit+10+worksheet+2+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bb83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB83 15932 bytes
SHA-256: 26e53612c402980915dd967849c8c6f0bfd52691f1543ee1321b64cbca254686
font_01_sfnt_off0000e47d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE47D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC8E 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_03_sfnt_off000111d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D4 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 8a40d33a3feb080e8b0f12d7fb9c5715e32bf095b4229e7deb049df94cacced4