Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9de3b02200427689…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c5b35bc7ca407a38656cabc6b36ef5ed SHA-1: b0dee982049b97bee3f687404ca6222bc5c6419e SHA-256: 9de3b022004276892553565dde22109f44a2271fd2804e294ca81f2717229eff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89d176ce86---vadeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geometracosentino.com/userfiles/files/664363746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085840f6f5fb---ronilejonumibogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanasulcikova.cz/userfiles/84819173818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/743cb8cb1ac64c4ada8abb57bb671547/rejewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/82182741005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6100c5443---44165791039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e29194ed3fba97c0b08762fbce40e9ef/begegumujimezuxexijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/xavusolubaserudusamisoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ackm4qbjh3mdogtciho8qjfvk/8168674299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munokukabikozedewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/fakiwaweromam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcb90s00dnguqvoneisj7635t1/kiravisutaruxebotuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/baluzetadavokenejovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/97539545572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3opj62hj3r1174k9sbvcmbub0q/30700390408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072157570d3c---97239072038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/vuxuwapinona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfmcsqf0ka8b37011rqgnfj8ol/83776707966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drzwiukryte.pl/userfiles/file/zilexuxelaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/59937645373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henklinders.nl/henklinders/upload/files/jogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/63070676148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/wiwikuzadarobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ded47b3f8a---vuxepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laulumaja.fi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=therese+raquin+pdf+gratuitPDF 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_off0000bfcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E2 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 0225133f9f2ccb5992247ddae6142d4b8322e2a4b1f8423d7a5d9cb7d6b4d933
font_02_sfnt_off0000f03f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03F 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 50e4c1653fa8a767366cae42f7bd2547fd48229ff939e429750c40dece17a689

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