Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d19e6ecfb3c2909…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-30 11:24:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6bf2e6a89dbc1690de50695a895ea14b SHA-1: cdd47be777008d4dd5911b1d34ce231c679c0447 SHA-256: 9d19e6ecfb3c2909086ee5fc5ee0e66b8064ae5d61f42bf33cc24a7b33ac585e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8usenrulv78n79e0srlll6qj21/47773192609.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dccc3ae587---fuwoxerof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc7feeaafafc611de490a86f2ed42910/bububokubonexitajizimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/kenuvujubewuxifuxurevikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hsbofmn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76175733961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drprdesaihospital.com/uploads/24844036334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73ced1e15c7d9ed6feba7e7dbafb6685/xawatolukiwexepalerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2h9opln5ggss21b2oruna93cp5/56077097160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/70661727413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/difidexoxotuleviwujumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/90725042762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/088d454129fb901dd7d817e00d7f1f1c/vatonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c921f28fa6a---33544543735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jim8vhv1ctq7ju69jccjprpt6/58745005318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/27909693355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0thd1m67u19rvr18s4790aup6/joxedasoxuriramabakilafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/29910748032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/3624980680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forumuwiresik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgal.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82256934480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c2fa074b9---manupubixetarevul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=one+direction+this+is+us+full+movie+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e194.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE194 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A6 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 057c7d503e57a12bdb832012a2c26d1e73e293455dd1f8266a4c7c43147e8e65
font_02_sfnt_off0001270c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1270C 11020 bytes
SHA-256: f420401eda1ee254a3efae7d4f3cb4ec7eb7b24f204e9e72850234aa0be6b930