Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a10c9f1b2e93532a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:59:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 28bf3aa37a2706fda48cb793ee7fff3a SHA-1: 73a71136d83b7c5375afef1508ff310186022135 SHA-256: a10c9f1b2e93532a977647d4be850001e24f856ab2764f7c73a7b6409838c4d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://reafamily.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/padafu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/26801352731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077084f9ff58---nolalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/torid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f027e9c78---21643282369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079de3d4389c---ruwake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/jowovowarifuvovagixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/xilubopupupufozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/luxavipitiwogolafexure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofaviwiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/98301540596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/86252733801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f1707c8108c3aeaf2bb4292dd9b3f64/juxuxuduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/laditajutozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210623194618_aced1g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/gizozuludev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.net/filespath/files/20210819205709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27713742735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/nuriwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw73patriots.com/clients/1/1e/1ed986c9d410becccfd9995a8318e329/File/23468254691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074db4bcebb4---kufuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/99119127103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac11e310b6a067220586802f62fc5d62/kekawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/43435140031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc62a06463---56369609395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1483014889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=ntpc+most+important+questionPDF 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_off0000fda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA3 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 460ee8d1a84adb255c11db12c494589ee2dda2ab267032fb92b93d67fe61eb23
font_01_sfnt_off00011645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11645 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E57 18452 bytes
SHA-256: 43a92d6fdb822d8a85ec737c9197a978e7256f933f58fb1ac78ce745965fe77a