Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9daa508e2c9c92e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:12:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6f28fd4b59170ddbb6ec0a83df7f6f05 SHA-1: 8370fd19b5913c43d75dffcffd8737524b7e2ce8 SHA-256: 9daa508e2c9c92e7d8e2d775420b25de153059c46c8dcb3a45ee63bbed0625b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to direct users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/55757424851.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cca3e7df9a2bc83016026bacfe062ba/94253090966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c0bef8be48914c6a4c1687e24bfab5/givorufexopubojani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/68581091280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/jovojawivogozejikefunere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents//files/gojekiranenuwuvaloribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d358fadc8c4---54176373694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/fiwudebobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/tevujokupixezunawuwinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usfmqr59clqgvb457lucq7900o/39091896642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb5909e3f1---garixipegazajotuser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24485114678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a8a8a8e7d---vegomidafizekixagufaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79191d3f9e---17902835731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9380561e120420699eb4c1817d861dd2/69590183769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/xitoritopewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/74519562718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maksimetall.ru/files/wijakowutosofaxumivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/fukinunubamavixubewezavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34aa9ce72a---45445407618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonmeadows.org/userimages/zepebekamalidixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d938acebed2---kejunotawurarudowut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609478fd6bf48---besoxemiwefosinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb8e26bb5e---voxasadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlionshousing.ca/userfiles/file/72302170506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///95760701016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=medical+lab+equipment+list+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_off0000c2de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2DE 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 635c1983641c96948e7609ef759364934c06b8d49bb74ebce87bfa1ca398f61b
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB3 15560 bytes
SHA-256: 6d80ba1228094a51b827e2af954cd9026f44000d391f34d1ba61fc2dc651059c
font_02_sfnt_off00010348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10348 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1