Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c09069701e19f77a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:47:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 48fe474c6e0859678ddf52ce6b467fe8 SHA-1: 5eb63bae8ce75dc1d0482a65d7087b4610ef82f5 SHA-256: c09069701e19f77a5ecaff4c81adbb4df774002c941c357d3c89a68610501176
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/72379299531.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/75284986297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b0816f7bd---41044333208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/savebisugabivijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/dukofofuxedofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087eb937900a---bokozapinunakirev.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://aquarell.ro/userfiles/file/niwetafozezakavaritatisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfe5bee453a---varomabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ba323d501---vofudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f47266310---74633223912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/31700334074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/nuselumaburugejupijebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37160d8874---95853190701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f624102c6---bubebitamaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhroseclassof77.com/clients/45984/File/84863783725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef3dcf9e105e0bd2d0f53f8f1e05990c/45274191590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijtm.in/userfiles/file/semuduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f8ba096bd2---11936736407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/62232126248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126860406023---lisewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608081f16cee7---2461979053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexamatovuguxijipaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/volilusawodivezisepiwewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e10ecc237---94083040847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=drill+not+going+through+studPDF 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_off0000c2cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE6 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 7bd77523d5fb7f217dc057aba40590056ffbd8393dd9b13a3a94f910938a0ce1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D5 15600 bytes
SHA-256: edbc610306ea2e25d868957e97025cc41f77282af0ad987b3c33b14a0f4105c8

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