Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c82935788304fc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:30:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3875d3df3752e0cf8f3a70e25b69ffb5 SHA-1: 445bb69ea1a1bb784fda1709eb1e933326b23f25 SHA-256: 9c82935788304fc846072a078645897d906eaed78da85a7a015a619ad301156b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely leveraging a vulnerability or a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64dd60e2fd83aaab990fa6c8d55d62dc/15422230910.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607537ac4b695---19083074961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/40727498506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b97fe0d9f2---suxufiwaludonosapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizexaderatagobonavubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/zulotuwure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdoeco6vr6om0lp2t2j12u3g2j/33634636025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee837a7ce6---zaneruzilivitej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jlgardner.org/home/jlg/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34527579460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/28595258369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88569202cb---tijekuxesimeratufuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f5b5b019d1e4e0a5ef5adcc5abc61d6/73832177894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/97735521896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/50960258981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/3746104454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c40d66159adf1d4a481903921023045d/88941968320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b208aad6e34---naninegibinutevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkea7usj2k086mor2mmqdlkl35/gekiresawebefakujavap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/savivakijemexowitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/2021511636238618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/rubisosavebuwipamamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9aeca635bb---41423368755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202106091454015272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/fimuzabafogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qg35jl5jvp4onp1j5gun64vs3/21160882821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ken+dodd+love+me+with+all+your+heartPDF 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_off0000dc80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC80 17536 bytes
SHA-256: cc314adb54269ea8f30e8552488a9cf850db99b1195de3ed31ca555aa1e9f735
font_01_sfnt_off000109bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CD 16228 bytes
SHA-256: 11c5a07d087146020572b41e3c25cf6f3fd7b709257038c787216a38c3b0495f
font_03_sfnt_off000137b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B5 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 165c20fd5aca7f429d7938fb1fc1e30ff7ca51b5d4e5f96697f417fc97251787