Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9c1aea6062b9ce0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:55:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7c924aed95ac8927c0d71b95cfa3dcf0 SHA-1: 49ef7ecf330acd1dfe045ea8de5767a1f28b6786 SHA-256: a9c1aea6062b9ce0d8ccf49ce0893f2e8ce2ccf158db82fa669dbf81b8fd0ece
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+playhouse+buster+keaton PDF link annotation
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87146db61d---fexowavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093668cb2ba0---fatikitilugofaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8d9a6b0fca327685b6f5f91a5ee1ea0/51333159587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a327a6ba7f0---8404761919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/runotejafugejitoxusubifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mietkndigungsrecht-best-gpc.de/userfiles/file/xajisoditadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/19226244134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cfa0a4584d---18674571701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/73750265020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dgivp1119d1nb927mcfji8suk/50527941029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26381a8d54---21669091937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff594b54d1c5b347e9c60060520cc9d/wibuxesegofosirupefadisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4df3c1a642---wapiwajusenajatejomiwuvax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7c2e68c64d5183b459cc8f8aee712b/xesilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d60348dbcaf6427698bffd512b2b9e/tamupelixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ddfn5fhact4ev506cckvo96h2/tisevimifewizixel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9c822232729d6584bce7be23574522/5397934842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/junudigixoron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/wedev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/sewixagakapakijizeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963e860551d---vinivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retta-bg.com/userfiles/27869873797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d1748efc9ea70c2e89bc7c05b16b12/jawativemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608245ba833f3---fadugasulinanipatukotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724f041f11d---siwobolovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/memobabiripobigimixolalaw.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_off000106f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0D 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 474d8581db1dd7aadf4d49105f9f4e14eca335faea584ff3f4eed48959b89dcf
font_02_sfnt_off00013751.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13751 18160 bytes
SHA-256: 7e37841b59776aa9539ac8326b856887db4ab7d175261bb7bad2b4f4c2c1350d