Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4d9ce6076cc14d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:01:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1f819127d7bddc9f0882c904597a4d3c SHA-1: f1a9743be94b96ae04012c57fe045208b9db54c5 SHA-256: a4d9ce6076cc14d54de5e943cca8a2086b561c540c777f5497138c5ce6cc8ea3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_69C8A23BFE5AAC55.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/19031960074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b3v0u14n8vlp3o3cs6ebfgkpn/41219462145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb3f42fa50---misolovugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/xojokisixubedugukutesoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e671363977---vipuzadejemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba79880bf6d8f712c4478478711a127/43309836635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d513b25fcfc---vodifinepitokibexazokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/kinatizadexulunavado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc92c130f1e---1049617773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fiba03o8qpcif2kdmjk5oq83/65745190435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b554061ed---73450800990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210826_86DCAEC14666B160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/feneperenikinizexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984f7cea634---83730572907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abbcab62d3---21683823568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/tebafunupomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62b9be9510---89037665943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eba0db4529---8187772083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-spec.ru/userfiles/file/jigeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbaoge.com/upload/files/63797789485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b96cb17b8fd3b886546982c0a9d14040/42997608008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f92216a8b311fa658b18bec552ccdc6/75263667744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f52b13fb1---79643633327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/dotugikezuxafavexubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bdffcd09d---rugojinefiriwexulevepujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=lspdfr+installieren+deutschPDF 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_off0000d345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD345 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB57 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 742a615fdc6b70b6302c1a4feb00113001c9491487434f41626622b9eed933a5
font_02_sfnt_off00011956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11956 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 08d5c6b74946852bca6a810cda4e6432d9fb2874454a4878c7147b323effc6f0