Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f4ea682e46ed1b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:25:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b6d1b1671b25ec4e3e1da50e432b8ad1 SHA-1: 2b5955da6c341686d3e33a5f3d0ca0694c8171b7 SHA-256: 9f4ea682e46ed1b6711ada0ce61d3fe8034bbac9135224f7665400759ccc2ebf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075edc88f4e1---pawitoxu.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa658a421---35957492880.pdf
    • http://pilanatofishing.com/home/sandbox/domains/shelter.sandbox.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopiwigibebe.pdf
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fovodo.pdf
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/39205921823.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39sdnug7usmgukqgp2jjc73gtn/zetuwekorivinus.pdf
    • https://giovannicaputoboutique.com/file/19661490889.pdf
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/lapekewofulekegujali.pdf
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/linutepofubaxowiwezuzu.pdf
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/sojiso.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d5c6201af---37713442611.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608833e3157bf---99912030704.pdf
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/fevirofopima.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/semomagowin.pdf
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gadadijegalodudi.pdf
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/27199798520.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/24461544061.pdf
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c989239e0---bixusuravinopad.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf7bd48707---bagevipuzusib.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd47ee7ddb8---75055430563.pdf
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/mafaxililod.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=8th+grade+math+formulas+pdf
    • 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_off0000ee8e.bin
5a68c249a4f6cf38cf5290cb016ec5da0e7f92e78c37ee6cc3a31bdddff0831c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8E 19744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012275.bin
e0701f566758c90c9aaaa160db520f63f6b2414055bff78dc5d7760484a59160
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12275 10960 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bc6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC6 16792 bytes