Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d95539aba4c2a8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 03:24:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 532b7d790460d534cbb9c14acb703642 SHA-1: 9e1852b0c8d0482bb7157bd343d615445a290bc4 SHA-256: 9d95539aba4c2a8a2ae197d714affb8dd96c8f3b5e35d251263ca7dc67f27bfc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, acting as link farms. These links likely serve to obscure the final destination and potentially distribute further malicious content or phishing lures. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9b677c3b9---27425435592.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29dqbnfub74q23orohgfdr9lq0/17319014924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7845eaff62fc11d7233edc029510fb4/fakososuwotumevodonanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dbri94t6lqdgirlj5o579cefb/fefiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/85716633194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/vumutijelisoxozobanerodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98bbfc0c96---82652105398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31111994090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grodgolf.com/clients/f/fd/fd83fa7079552abb47853a85229f74c1/File/megesujanodigesetesidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kizulewutolusus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/pidajoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/66409658975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f21598034---ritazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qamjs20bjph7uccvd0f7rsobj/tiluwenogiduzibitasute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvs9v1sem44a6mmq4g9q3e5okb/niririwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93979bd82a---73438277883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zcapitalcrm.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/44767876958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608434f30e917---xorulezazogefefevaxizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/xizufavuxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/8306985309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27adn2c8tnnsrgiksqgekqv3m3/zolinerofuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalnapilis.lt/kalnapilis/web/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49911398734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.com/E/file/kosilubawetijove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608035b8afb04---wizofuvukumotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+laws+of+the+universe+pdfPDF 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_off0000f814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF814 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001102b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102B 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 36ea6c7d58e2cc14f4052795de4e18bc1d114517c0346a0f4b01c0f0fa4af0ec
font_02_sfnt_off0001291c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1291C 16824 bytes
SHA-256: e06fa2679e116ff909e3dfcb249691621137efddfcfe6346558c480e84cffdea