Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cabf8d78becf996…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:51:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: dea816ce6354cb01d6f4ec1b5c9ecfc4 SHA-1: 35571c306b10e9b860cebc7b27a32f6886c5a50a SHA-256: 9cabf8d78becf9965630fe91d8422f5c88804a22f89b131a44fa1b464506545c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it may leverage embedded JavaScript or exploit PDF vulnerabilities to redirect users or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0f0f4402a---58959093873.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/molumeloborurolakelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd95e597af---85143939996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/fowunufad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/73799587563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/wasonixebafiwimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnmetalworks.com/images/files/36211229918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/52275690849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noelex22.org/userfiles/file/3378755727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/images/blog/file/25477308629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dellalontra.it/userfiles/files/17593609769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibestedu.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/70491875186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/35168609151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/b5c310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemnhapkhau.com/upload/files/sifajirilupitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijacr.net/assets_admin/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/92025653448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f638f572e0---85432774600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fuchingrading.com/upload/file/jemejugetetevivufadudubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20ifb2qet8c06trs5pj284cmno/36189124607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefarmatarapahoecounty.com/userimages/20469423315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokinasogus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ab443a5a0---zemesazorelirivolosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/35755815248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/19603956129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/neguzaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilorupezapezijuxoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenhquangcao.vn/uploads/files/64113648715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=prefixes+and+suffixes+free+printable+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000b794.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB794 14648 bytes
SHA-256: f619d22e07404cf5f042025cf2120cb78f07d3d19bd7fa4b8770f736f0c0e3f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC7 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 0726129b60cf0ad576285b8623e7f01f6c34bc7c8697cd55136b65f00c949555
font_02_sfnt_off0000f57d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF57D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1