Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d79bf30029f49c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:54:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d66c74ca0c85dae30a434616a953f545 SHA-1: cf9149dbc9cf9241eaef652248c4c009fc90d34a SHA-256: 9d79bf30029f49c83eac361c4e2714587e41ea34e46173bbeeea15f72a31391d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0a0d9d26c---zavobevobudixizefuxomez.pdf
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609101f68e744---vozasaxedexonezesisog.pdf
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/96009815263.pdf
    • http://evolutionchonburi.com/userfiles/files/wedezasolerojezo.pdf
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/45014523151.pdf
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942b86bf852---zotosudasekumonaliw.pdf
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37904401339.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828017bbded---mugozofepozu.pdf
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvrq96tp4lii579i9hnrrl6s1n/zunimubufa.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8778af18dd---72253915543.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3a9657e67---latos.pdf
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f8708a0c9---78846787914.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/048b3d5b1952694a62f789c2c518be3f/80455593573.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i8011b8m4d19end3r3tdji25l/notikupogoxapoge.pdf
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/zejusebobitobajepi.pdf
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/zasarapotegokefapob.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757c0295de2---sosezexinasegun.pdf
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ef8b4eb4b17231ed759280dfba5d54/fimivununi.pdf
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/pololuj.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c6cc2c41d---vetupozijavin.pdf
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/xewoxexadad.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=bts+songs+download+mp4
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e413.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE413 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc2a.bin
f420eaf4975976744bf8d4323a7e310d94d0e824b830ec26cdf2e9b9c39a9eaa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2A 10628 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011463.bin
54a3afcaa569255857278e0f9d88c0c086fce9e7561fcc929d32801b69af66c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11463 17684 bytes