Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fdaca88a297326a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 22:34:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 25614eb5a45186e54b6ce060c9149a17 SHA-1: 63372f97e7fe9912b3d93860b00a1a807fd8ddf1 SHA-256: 9fdaca88a297326a5932e9c061825c61cccfe63ae3aea5397efe00b347f2675e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the PDF structure strongly suggest it's used as a lure, likely for phishing or to deliver further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://w-mill.jp/images/file/9098625022.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a4038fb17---xunirozusidoduzuvowivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c8fa1058d85d3f4c7aab1ae640ed7e/pibaxopetibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925f9554f13---mosuwusobijifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/xuzaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/nazovofuneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raiders71.com/clients/4/41/4134020f2f298c111575624a380fabfc/File/tegofebogonofujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/surezuxekufuvulonaxefati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7757ae94ec9f827eb4c15a37931f3e30/59438526102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/37875046665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/niibaj21kvnv5r29uu241r6rbn/71621991061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roc.mn/uploads/files/46414684105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5739toim30h58tdvm5ker2qbiq/mudedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/addf09bc04bbe2cff4e6eedfc60e11f9/91453432161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/vijugirodatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/15709979581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/sivowawego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/987a38181ca0af4284d36729465549df/23168378090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adbd7758a48fed8861ea245650785006/mesajisusabotabeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944cd852dc1---3673054532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608294d7aeff6---lerigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/nuravesoxesapipigupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850556aa0d4---83608807061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/berijesiwebinujepeputijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/gejexetezafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+take+dry+erase+marker+off+clothesPDF 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_off0000f07c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001088e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088E 16512 bytes
SHA-256: 19da81afba1fb8d48d181550b0aad1e09951964ff69284c7e31e9b596387c2c2
font_02_sfnt_off00013372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13372 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 4f6c7f72d367e555442c754d41ea23cee6a10d29e65bd3a93ae3e14e7afdc592