Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9caa9bf51eb27bec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-30 12:02:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d46507594b7a69c93e7f4ddddc854da7 SHA-1: f3b5d33600e1835c3744159f3fa281b80df6be4f SHA-256: 9caa9bf51eb27bec45c49a5b4df3cdd4f3266b911d1c0294dfc9c272c6fee06e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised CMS (WordPress) upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's part of a larger malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d30703d303e---rifudenewafomo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://soleilboo.com/images/uploads/files/vagimemegegevima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161182a961c2c2---zotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/midavisuvowegejetivizeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickers-moins-cher.com/userfiles/stickers-moins-cher.com/file/wijebokerok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210815_80B0A874D99EA915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/1752316270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608373dc49c05---gogulakumirujemufubawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents//files/51671385117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/7992201615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/pevosegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/70297854361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d62moe54o2s6hju0o63l502q3r/47169383543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakatka.com/files/file/49181213574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/ximalofuwomamovatozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/29273775054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdvc4s2nf06d4g5junqj0cu4t1/jibezonirikon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb0652a6e540a030c80946a28400ba21/mavaroxuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfeb255237---rilotoxonolavorepazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/gipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/vuliruvoposuzemanisukisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723c5c85509---pufabigevuwefaruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a49c07dd1---40586293101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=now+next+rulePDF 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_off0000d5ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EF 9944 bytes
SHA-256: ebec82d906c1bb0f6219af5b93255108a5c4c619cb9657091f1e2969953e70f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC1A 16504 bytes
SHA-256: fb947c53edb7650b2e8347d6eda1fdd8bda0651bfa74f4fc484dfdff1f1d2f26
font_02_sfnt_off00011626.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11626 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1