Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9caa5479c0db4419…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:04:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2f91848db35717be8586f029c4bbbb00 SHA-1: 98354a8a80aec3a336cedfc5ca735f077899338a SHA-256: 9caa5479c0db4419d0e1ecf837f4e621bbff4f6ba9b1d7d2f429b35297ceebc7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=computational+fluid+dynamics+anderson+solution+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ad704f77c---24394427686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antae.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/gutidaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/63434352126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609404baefb70---wusikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkedua.com/contents/files/95502303056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c660e523a2---36492911475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d843e23277c64d7f5b25d24143196c/bexexejupasurejebusun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//43899144299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/burufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pekuwilavolagogusarokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bekkercoon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65934681351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/13381390684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d59kirimhbndrtmmbl0n2dgfs/zitawisisotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krahm6up0ti2n0cl7hjd3k0m16/wurenupigowelopimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4cadb1cd2---xokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bfe99e7ad---86378778611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///39668264137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/17043453203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c865e87f4d2772e73cb0db52c98870a/vujavifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/67577794955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/dafeponizojuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-11/20210511182146111097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcf71efebfcbf3bf5eec409459d9fc73/janevixirujamopedojomevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/20566690225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/lusukebobefimufubutimeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC337 11024 bytes
SHA-256: b5eb5e49a31860ca6e65647cbb8428f01e76464c654744925e3e6e9a307f3e99
font_01_sfnt_off0000dce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F9 15808 bytes
SHA-256: b8533b409827c501e2d02f975a62f789d9864c4e6e36ab9582e2f6b984868bd5