Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e5921a6500a9d98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:56:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e4beed20da88df606f2e595eb334d96a SHA-1: 8461262b68b21915dfc2298ca58374c29e5d48a1 SHA-256: 9e5921a6500a9d982ef2a4f2f9edcaa0b011d3eeadcdcb6cdbd340af6b30e9c3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics indicate a deliberate attempt to host files on compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720f21a5110---kobaluliw.pdf
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d15e98502a---74580761762.pdf
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/faledexaxigosaselegivow.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b39fc8a853---pekevubonojajekaliza.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105795cdc86a---relosovewibobefu.pdf
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/93055945046.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875qkn9nl3i9l4g4797c5hipa6/wasezodobupelatumojo.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750305987a4---jovuporixuvi.pdf
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/renovif.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c804e2d6a2---xoboxenesuvixonozo.pdf
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/58858219617.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc90c655811---91890209151.pdf
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4b5c83755c0033fd7bf1bf0a20438eb/pezalomisewagolete.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f92bbd1952---lijumuzutifuxita.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa0c9a83e4---19478755081.pdf
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/pupegoronupilukajibariz.pdf
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kiviwu.pdf
    • https://vyaspublicschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gugabewipokuvebudura.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc0fe083e---13891022995.pdf
    • https://tonerihned.cz/userfiles/file/rizimexeziju.pdf
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/retufafa.pdf
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210628_DA48856209215C97.pdf
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/fitakepupuxid.pdf
    • https://elesud.it/img_pagine/file/bufasenagevofido.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tenth+state+board+maths+solutions
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dcdb.bin
116ef75741471c3ffbf77b500310441e2ca8c72423e19c5bf62b30192319162b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCDB 17368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109ef.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012206.bin
a9c4113d72d5e3688b89eff947a0bba7b844d7b0fa3f40c5e1faeebe4bd4c88e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12206 10716 bytes