Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9135486a1b707e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d98789ca3d8f0742a538475960296f02 SHA-1: 4aede0a7d190a2b523376abf65756308a7a342bd SHA-256: a9135486a1b707e9ed9fd93845cdb0f0cef15ac7ba50499e508a0d5e66117b12
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous links suggest it functions as a link farm to lure victims to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=babylock+embellisher+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803e706cbc4---xerudujegokufebulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/roxidotatitevivanipufibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611400eca3289---kegozomepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caerulumpharma.com/upload/files/pudiduwebotigelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8367b2d0508338a1879d52d5de9e84b4/gewanufofivifabenonari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03c49a9c02830c58516a7eda0f57234b/69979697926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adca5f7cea2---xubosokenefebaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eddcda9191---39977473649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/83171267524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1622482341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105147f992fc---49031213652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomuraca.eu/userfiles/files/letimazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/67530573536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/47937466931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqs1inqm7ckudt8jkb3iqt2fr3/mifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akl9pr9900ctnp1frl0j3fcei0/nutosokekixevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a902988896---pujelanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwcapital.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/durogazesobifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/gevezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gepcfjopstq8n1ehla0fml232g/85462188592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eths1967.org/clients/6/6b/6b000f7c2bca5b3a89f93fde6b54c5e6/File/nasexekokaribonojofimuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/9657411403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edfbad1aaed---jetajomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e443.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE443 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 1e933777ee2e9a1955d3f2dc0098c7a4fd45eb934b1b6e20c004d3db7646be55
font_01_sfnt_off000112ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B04 10896 bytes
SHA-256: b9dd864ce981c28bb3e65f53b68cf27b4d5abead2cfd8fc2c45dee568d13b0ab

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