Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9808f12f7193e32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:01:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: df514156622fc98363192c13df84dcdb SHA-1: 9c566f9e85d1dedd02c9dd768fbc641280c20f8f SHA-256: c9808f12f7193e3284559ebab584fd550243309eaa6fcfe52558706f52cc3b7c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick users into downloading malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6358ccea8b82939aa5a2a5983205e703/bodetegemewujakinomiwoxel.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714f90c1272---nejogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0tm195bbidvgcgn0phv4e6ko2v/pebebujazezavup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/45605784025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c147c24e82d---92974974789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0f1a68361---47043403964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akekaluck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35693649293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m6bbj96egbjrc68rd4n1cs3c6/46150266911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc49c7e4be---wozawufopokubotexeloxaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/boilfbd8p9vanadvt1ujer6rsj/1515834685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a56e11a27b---84898140787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/wobelafedanomozira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7756ccdd5c---97724861562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a15e4f5a37723994be3d283a43e19d02/sesilikebufimifadawuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cb9b6884f---24825288034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/luwoguzoludafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehs1958.org/clients/73155/File/17651223799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/74746421226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kdri2sb2u3ph94m6q5geeotu1/11491908172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb773e3e2f---2204762944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/nulofamukapotos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609270dbd9484---sukasalazofotikasilog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e1bdd9900---45974861475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggujdi8fjddrsaiu9at784b19h/2750608695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/39827883534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=thomas+finney+calculus+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ce07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE07 11052 bytes
SHA-256: d2e6f91cc3acd76c20fb17bb7fe166de8e02f2a4b7a52801219c486ce803c05b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e79a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79A 19524 bytes
SHA-256: 96ed1eb1f21d7cfa2007721b125e2e9b072cdf45e1a55f08f0ca43d9d0049494
font_02_sfnt_off000118f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1