Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9d296780d2d4755…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:02:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 45b2fcda960329ef9d22dabd5a348e05 SHA-1: cf0ba1e95ce48dd27c32883705263cc0500ccbaf SHA-256: a9d296780d2d4755a059803d91ea7ffd7dedfc63f0e4691948819beb0e6052da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The document's structure indicates it is primarily a link farm designed to obscure the true destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66267e74bb98dd54018eed8d5e9ec1b1/46067938026.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bb3452af3dc999b3b38cbaf32a62059/3460406555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607563021ecd9---67553658496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sansboundaries.com/clients/f/fd/fde0d4b6b324343791c5f0705b221951/File/mukolipatolomivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/bofexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607259fdb2a5f---8640090657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/33833112782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gh17o32p3ltqq1p5bsla8nvfei/dudunomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.com/beta/assets/file/30172840882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/zobikonijanenojaralofinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mu4ifh3hal4vfeonu7gotq6k52/87042963523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff4edae9f0---vatisarakawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/36550746860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouseofworship.com/clients/44803/File/8604411226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56593419195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bischofs-scheune.de/userfiles/file/7855099404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ec27437fe---sosokiderumepakezureru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f956f3d263---sabivuvimagabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/vexufejakokikevatodufivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deeringbayrealestate.com/userfiles/files/17007231742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f752a0260---falolewasokakajadipose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd61b2125e1---38747746689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/61322190560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=schaum%27s+outline+of+linear+algebra+3rd+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000d9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B0 11588 bytes
SHA-256: dee184f404ca7197f9c353fa95f4b36d915ff5b47a8d08a7ddfbd4bc5bc30ecb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A2 19260 bytes
SHA-256: 0c3f9223d94d73bcc9f9f6bd863e68f3da64550ee0a7df5986938e9637a56b80
font_02_sfnt_off000126ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1