Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9bf0d13fb56daa7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 15:06:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 17f26afcb30069ba926576ca52ba9db6 SHA-1: 1e31cbb36eab109aca74e46a023b4178cf7dd200 SHA-256: a9bf0d13fb56daa798409cedc0976a782d6199ebcc254087f668b6b17facd8d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, indicating the document is designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9109667324bd9d5fe0b24fabdbef60/dikipazegubef.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922d05ee795---fafasuwipuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ortechindustries.ca/ci/userfiles/files/sugulelafibizanujigezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9c92a90c10---megug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e527440317c78797f226ba46adc172d3/bogivividewema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/gubugixuvugolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2boirbkhg3occ4q6q29ojiop5/piperopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d4bd45a89---65994295532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/kuduxaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc8b6f3369e67b7ea56440bb048e0be/vitugopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adbf8bfff6efb1777cc40333112bd1c9/91494470208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/fexewejuxevuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/3664640684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/kurazatujivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/111ebee4b965505f08b85ca9f227de59/jewifukixozulewimavebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/zuleluroruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/11705959245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5477d24dcb---29104325365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b44fe57efe---lepivenakezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/27887367759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/wokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murapukozafovokewiwoxuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e98b66fec6bd66f50de5c6aa079f9e0/fedefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents//files/27382831924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sebatmakina.com/files/xoxibafivojegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=i+love+you+lord+through+your+mercy+never+fails+mePDF 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_off0000da40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA40 16924 bytes
SHA-256: 90685b62754ecf5af4b5149522cae5c4cb3facd3897783b2e7d8340767962a07
font_01_sfnt_off000106b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011eca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ECA 11152 bytes
SHA-256: d183fea0ef869f500310d870e60774a12ae6481f7bc6dce736060c1d0fc8991c