Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f9fa0da52f1f53c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 04:47:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2a9d053a38ce4071c1f81a6ffcc7020c SHA-1: 1c1135a9b64931be23edcf363de2d10df80b8d64 SHA-256: 9f9fa0da52f1f53cf8f016f810b67f16184655268533da0e76244398d763e55e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a deliberate effort to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://psihodesk.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firevudubigatirusuwur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161007082945c1---16867426884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81b1765c18---29664329447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/85934772857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d95fdc1f205---35135925982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5419342fe---bexotuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/72351344444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb6cae23c887e4713bb3cd8c2df3d45/87886924501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb5491c39b9---getadiduragozuwabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/041a99b4085eb99c105c43c64f9dbe91/zibowixesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/tidibixufupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coss-wynn-reunion.com/clients/d/db/dbe3622004495b304d8703879a486b7d/File/29246014533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.com/files/16325050587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcevent.com/clients/871459/File/73226819120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areopag.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/54312424958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiapharma.la/files/files/mixenivizogenolijodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/pofonilesodegopuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e97102b995a---nonekiligir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegotapelupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/80903407108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/nexamovodizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlineadda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5955de3ec---vemuzanerojipepodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd0b322032e08db55314e8ab1744d5c/14900168461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=phonics+printables+for+first+gradePDF 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_off0000ddd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD7 11040 bytes
SHA-256: cdfcba48f9f2ff9432c1b14fac3614a8ba9fdece248c4da2a46d635713680a33
font_01_sfnt_off0000f704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF704 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 7140f2be00cd3aab98ea0967630b7eba638036c821487450ffa45d44dce28870
font_02_sfnt_off0001234f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1