Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fb521fd325bcde9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:01:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0400a875f7de3b3d450687aa784c2573 SHA-1: 3c1917c76a7373427c156c28aee60f4502b3598b SHA-256: 9fb521fd325bcde9740095c047d95d164116affe3c301caa33e2a2eaae463a62
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or disposable domains. The embedded URLs, such as http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb3350d4c8---61247292764.pdf, are likely intended to host further malicious content or facilitate phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/komopotubefobodux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erbaytag.com/resimler/files/80149604629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/81744536599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vq343ps91t2r6db1cqar347qa/9885935223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biatlonbreza.sk/editorfiles/files/jelilugiwadaropun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/87255021717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/xamomuwudezufobozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/527263e65969bee946a40d7fa59f63a2/tamenofodawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/30852291706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/vigobakotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/degasudumagorofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2542990dd---53179756316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a5kqfgfrkb35n3vmtnr7suoco/89891483847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/34799631141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.net/contents//files/dagepofikebimasokepuwulaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdasesores.gestconcursal.com/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90637674370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31de982d9af58aa8e994b41a987e97f7/pugeloruditugizusujetemek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/jetakoxemirodeduwabugugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342lvl4tvmjvhup3j1ebd8033s/daviwizofatakixupubobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodidaxedokarodawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/27061914823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb3350d4c8---61247292764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsushibrea.com/uploads/files/2967002667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/33623114951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+blood+out+of+fabric+seatsPDF 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_off0000dc92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC92 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 31ad2019710f231b39898e606d30b71fa025aef1923eea2e6ed55fba6a2c01a2
font_01_sfnt_off00010719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10719 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 0b99c2e7b46518b76c6bea136b2491fe2c963861894345702deefe68bbb9845e
font_02_sfnt_off0001202b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1