Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9205377015d365a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 10:45:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 875fabd1e49073dae8eba43f12a68be7 SHA-1: 900edc6440565d681e96ae93f1ae992a2022cdc2 SHA-256: c9205377015d365aa54b923cabc9f0ec4b90dc5d1f83c1729e7516cd5a247d8f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal malformed exploit streams and a link farm pointing to compromised websites, suggesting the PDF acts as a lure. The embedded URLs are hosted on compromised WordPress uploads and disposable domains, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://rockdental.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb46cc0e77f242b1487921ed086f78d/64315834813.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/93462569249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39d79a3bd3---6742006834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888c1c795a5---zedere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/jupitedujumogovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6090282d3---kumizarujijodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b271cdc0dcce9c7f5b8e656779afee99/sedusajevuluvuxaturug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derma-dts.de/files/file/34553190069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumagasatebazosubilitora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad42f301da1---detatajifetodeparavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6892e5068dfdbc89042d0d789c91e5e9/kuroralamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25dd3ed2c8---85356523610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/84354446954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hfm1p4ffuel7vcj2rplp8dv9e/10359982920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b510864294---zezuzozixanoxorudedazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/15859719020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/60010877586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/42542330032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4797573151---92863625885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d92f308455c---rewitoziguzaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616840a70a635ae1c43a94079ad05b48/zolilujexufima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/11728052929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th0vcl4ta7rh482lh9jibkc1d9/mipajevusaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=order+for+trial+balancePDF 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_off0000e244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE244 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 3f9ea849b5e25204cf0d2b5a6b9d14adbe9af83f1f9a601babfb6054f7bcad54
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011230.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11230 16684 bytes
SHA-256: f200f866f2ad799a74f5de1cd28abad543b6c2c057683b1e7496f4481961061a