Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dd5d79a1300410e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:29:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 3c3afdfde17480c7c84365aa2e7997a3 SHA-1: 7f624ad26f4fe79754184bb5084e4348dc0c6e13 SHA-256: 9dd5d79a1300410e7583f7e32b9f6dc182be7b8dfcd9f42f599cf2325bad12b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests it's a link farm designed to obscure the final destination, potentially leading to credential harvesting or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9784

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://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13edc7f0f5---zuduwodasare.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8bb16ae28b1c47ae75032acd0dcb9fb/xilafujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791062cb97f---95504370420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20cb3be749---kusepolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ad22e2828---sadujetifanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/38153552402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5573341abb98182df93f809deb2fa96d/wemitifuvowavoxokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc1199a9af---suluvoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr3fh86dn8maggp6g258t94c56/37422182555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/tijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/duxawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/24760945831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079df202d4a8---jemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b53330897d927a4a94ac267160d032e8/52338162570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2v3kct7ophep455380tdpnjc7p/nimazonupek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/38550631644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae73b0a0e0---xomopavudenozofaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa79762fe9---13087240117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/dovibewugamafesojodekegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4329ee1689c48aca378f07e73165e975/15231407115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqo3hlkiii9219s64lvntoi7f1/59944473661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf9abf2b3e---55717658876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab319795cdbef7c7dc3c5915a0c6664e/2008012288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b6e964a7a9f4db7ceb30164bb2a9cbb/misiguvoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22cf2fc0c9a202f24f49b22a383a8e7d/29736100254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/412ft5ku36h7hgkgu0m51kd7f4/39502082255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a10141d0ea6dd120ef7b8d0922dc3ce/budodezukonadofujolupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=android+crop+image+custom+shapePDF 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_off00012139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12139 16376 bytes
SHA-256: e5e7e630d72fcdc0d899787b2ecf231903ad64b2da2fd99fcaa88a5048f5ad96
font_01_sfnt_off00014bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BD5 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 4a7d1b3ca13a32b31c95c735fa94ee9cc51dd135351374f1a935076d846cfb6e
font_02_sfnt_off0001650a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1650A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1