Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9cf7c7b58687983…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-08-28 03:23:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 422831a273bcf3bb666dc86cd6b9c262 SHA-1: fd53e60ef4c55b90b5243bfed02e8427a3d2d1fe SHA-256: a9cf7c7b5868798356fc278540298e3a0fde4154a2ba355b5fa6ccc6c277dfbf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload sites and other unknown hosts, likely to distribute further malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc44aabad72---sajijinula.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/23029021910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/7247621529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/82145865536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/98465451692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbond-cn.com/userfiles/file/71763778690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/kuvofofikiniwirozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e68962d9db5---16184042485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608497f65a8bf---wusabutebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witexolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb402b4f10b7c85dd1d378b7d734097e/38141876788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e769869cad0a8ef204b25c51f6c3f6/18215140101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60dcc29fe9---tusoruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0dg6opgcl1iiab7q5n3r6nk02/48418024110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/51848829524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/70133944503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atavio.ru/files/file/48519132425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/34779216254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/9932415975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/fiweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608661eba2b59---jutifezetutigikedurexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/43726878986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5322884370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/jisexep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/31657437191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=6+facets+of+learningPDF 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_off0000ce3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE3B 10580 bytes
SHA-256: e6779613b16ae85f177ad22f605ddd1e2f19268035e3838c19d77b5c7d0df7aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE686 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE98 18728 bytes
SHA-256: e0a46ef753db85c910bd3b2ca016e1f41ce3524694589d8ae267d942ee329965