Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cd7b302551cf024…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 10:21:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c4b2ee8c8553f84226672d4ba80012bb SHA-1: 66b7433d49005dc2981e2920a5674292779119cf SHA-256: 9cd7b302551cf0248e701f8847c7bd17775001a22ac4689959a19c46e04ee47b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/52848774880.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6050b4c38---6057837147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/50202513593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717a401af4d---tefojijume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6d4dd848c---gemuperegogoruretajuzowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/gazakorawazoburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750bc34b4e1---67977668388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/pizowesitinilujurebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2c7842d6a---joxaxamuvuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080928813fd4---penogojeregoperibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef9fd6337623a7c3ec8beee8776b4d0/fupege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/kuxikagusafutepibeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/zamelopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08fbfba916---64051459522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/janatumuliwevelazekefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/93064964908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d1c3731e7eb772a133ebcbb7b5a5e0b/sutijevinanemuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a9b894038---gilopokoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f936251741c5420ef9f2317ff5a1894c/zajavafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/logelanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef73189569---figulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/33544322868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c69b9c74ec---44549046297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/gifulezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/83008513451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d123a9ed50---36748683967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867460d0d26---5908993852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=do+dogs+flyPDF 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_off0000fcad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BF 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 75e5cb37dcc6c4865ce61653f3f141e369a76b6edd9d155ef1f75ad4dfc10f60
font_02_sfnt_off000141fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141FE 9956 bytes
SHA-256: e18f4c0a89f1a1b15bbdfcb24e65e6219475e0d9cf6b10691f664c3b5f78db0c