Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fdd7c77f1f4ed0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 01:16:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 41b7475fb328b6b14c0249bde0a21d87 SHA-1: 279afb9dddb9010c202698f73c028d30c942558f SHA-256: 9fdd7c77f1f4ed0c0de2a182ea1055cade570aa694887a091704ff6689eba955
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's used to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed, further supports its malicious intent, likely for exploitation or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082443e343df---16707602196.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/16249239965765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasivunuzale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607a574152cbc---sokuwigebezuvoremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/dafegimuwuzerefera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719f6261d7b---jewitegeros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi.com/contents//files/mekofuremazotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/toriduxatedenosikipuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/lubetumuguxavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libolapujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d5e2e7b085d62869ff147a3e9a9b534/94630735610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6h7dqh98mjhrmfrp97js8lig0b/99422004190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca4be1c31dd918b07ea2355655277029/2429715619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atya.eu/files/file/venifinawosapabejizakimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupe-coelho.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86268442166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65663440167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8973d6c0335298c5a94fd4c306f7b56f/80209483013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/voruxeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be50205c5a---82030781829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d9aa1bc99---goxoxowexexovurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seitonsolutions.com/ci/files/60344076473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everettsbarbque.com/clients/b/b0/b0b566c85bab127526a414587b81487f/File/vigitonifivobebewiziregoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e34e2b46cd---pefami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608575eaa047e---38405871456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ejemplos+de+textos+descriptivos+cortos+para+ni%C3%B1os+de+primaria+con+preguntasPDF 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_off0000ddde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F0 18224 bytes
SHA-256: c398d539dc352fcae534f8e31794026bdb04c084602500111397fd3557e2c242
font_02_sfnt_off00012470.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12470 11444 bytes
SHA-256: 6ed27faf6e28607bcfd12d0053752400ed8e004227777864f5a01e5dfa3b5df5