Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e3de3f51f68f68f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-25 10:43:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8f6606d9ed1536576efc005896f46f08 SHA-1: 891e3509605a31078042ba2c7fc8b06cdbb0dd33 SHA-256: 9e3de3f51f68f68fd78a9137aa54f24d40dbc5e0b3470c7054aa7c1016cf5cbb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that utilizes a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites to redirect users to potentially malicious PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure for further malicious downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccjss5pkiq26p256v4jj839o75/73199259798.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/16254801686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/8061958234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608443bec31f5---76460430785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents//files/fowobawolegox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/32528253885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/45898201214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c8a0f15e6---biwedenunosavipadibumuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nai8r694j7t95s7rfdmfshqde6/13089365528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smith-williamssisters.com/clients/d/dd/dd6cbc7353a6ef31c13ccaa63ab862ac/File/92906092209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607314dddfb8f---94127426638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295d21a61d1d4e559f7733e57ecc074b/boxonofavumapagamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f1911a833---fopedigakojiwulovewefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traicaygiasi.com/Images_upload/files/redes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/67080275885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16749789281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22a87159490b4052611a63a02578e376/dabiwifawagawademetukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1980a0b236bca80450873c7994ec76/80919933873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210530131058_1573477403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09553bbed49ba90bf20a1f575c23aee1/43911035044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d24414d7a501f42eabb1d875605f39/23077538305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eea22d95b---ludujixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=muse+dash+apk+dataPDF link annotation
    • https://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210717/16264560733895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDE 17676 bytes
SHA-256: db8be226a8fb00ddd709a58bfc3986a1df81e137be1fb0a925f2c24ed087ab1d
font_01_sfnt_off00010c3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12451 10212 bytes
SHA-256: 640ee24aa314992467995b9438473f6956c8f3ff48e62452202b68947233a636