Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fff15264f652233…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:48:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ca4074c20cae54e7918db5165da64338 SHA-1: e2a4f652494fd71d49322633802ae06f91f0fabb SHA-256: 9fff15264f65223336a0221fe426fde2640308c0ee57abf1f6c6c9d06732a2cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document's structure and URL distribution align with techniques used to obscure malicious destinations and potentially exploit vulnerabilities in PDF viewers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujarorulidiresu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608513fe0b9d6---xepovetodudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/74788512337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0m9dte7g2659glc9nphsivjnf/89062757784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d4536f7b1---babodesepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/fadepevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/80297652825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/60471350094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ad12e1276---14331274929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607041b227c7c---40744291435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9520560fbcc84d888e3bbc9f3808938/69038216240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/69156377299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bad69ec88---84456541122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/bugomesemige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074258487acc---vejixefuvosokutez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958b6ccbc30---91664224503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850c45e5039---kuvikisumunoxugidosoxopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c832a7a869---tutulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/100aiegvgllkp6p0k5k5hpb1j5/27587504453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8e686a105200fce27a18edf0554aa2/83166536398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9mgtjkpeotr811c49bplm2tl/pogobozolire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/10584378582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/79548398877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j24fm6ejjcedf166imo42736f0/49010862001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19df3327ff---zanazenosapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=to+kill+a+mockingbird+literary+terms+chart+answersPDF 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_off000133f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014c06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C06 17564 bytes
SHA-256: d7ae96195366d003a5a2f59783c5b64e00de49765ec524cb5ffe4452087ca264
font_02_sfnt_off00017973.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17973 11212 bytes
SHA-256: a9d5b911d042983daba89da01ff30f7c615a1c9bae46bf3402d61095c000ebfd