Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fda9f576cd9dc42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-05 23:47:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9185fdf1899a5b051008c56f738c0f46 SHA-1: 15b6475911dca6e5d8fe9fab068c98e120d7dad3 SHA-256: 9fda9f576cd9dc42225d46eb44a1ec46f93eb809ec5bb9792af65e2fc546d4fa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal a link farm structure, with multiple URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads. One URL uses a raw IP address, suggesting an attempt to evade domain-based detection. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b9463e83209d1401763a6173b26ea3c/80175298792.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/47575995657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf728c10167---xorudavixofijaniwutan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/kajede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6577903c7---22883263569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6onuq8v2fsl1kl8o5n45lhf003/kamuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee3f99e8b78---butaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/wakukirajedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cymagun.com/userfiles/fozidamobokixivefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2816ccdea---bijudadaxudaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/29560773642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853a6e93a56---lujijolinufekifofuwesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099840c64344---17732447596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7464ae62bfc8d7a0c57195d837cfc277/81735669601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210614003135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyderabadibiryanicorner.com/admin/images/file/92739670613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/89674084996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/dezixozotekavagekidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/28324186581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/37253445347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608347403c421---nixaxibolanewopivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepujinawawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106c89c8848a---67678204624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/79814852589.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+emulated+storage+on+androidPDF 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_off0000f6fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6FE 23104 bytes
SHA-256: dbcbed482f039a595a116747b96e4f4c50cf364728937a10866c60d87e1e2aec
font_01_sfnt_off0001324c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324C 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 2e05eca072057404741f30dc1eeeb5ecc4282578b05a8499b8b4d5ff849ca884
font_02_sfnt_off00014abe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ABE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1