Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9923e4699747d17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 18:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3c86209a4cf76c23d51818b21746de81 SHA-1: 48bf7aa9490b6d4f3347f7cc4d7f1cd8026ea532 SHA-256: c9923e4699747d175548bb0d409ee15e1577dcd441be27f15fae7d81c6cc444c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDFs. This suggests a multi-stage distribution or phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these linked documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca820bc30124bd8eee4c38ca88051ed/97185649915.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cl41m065vkv8u27dhk8rku0260/73992491506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9472a50b419be619259786a9a3163624/75244234066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c344ac5b88---dediwudakalewowikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartarts.bg/userfiles/file/26870385567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e20901c48d---befofiratokoselanafulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822ea24372a---3077707711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077fd0ebb198---dulufolavikazofamafibafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/2343854366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/47178374135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbrago7ctkgs0iutkt1ur984rj/74600070375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab7e82e46f596c23db5957467169fdd/6006124881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a74d8501a0---42411153438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf1d15a7841---welurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/jaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad19990b8a8796e924e2bce9115308ba/jiboxezunuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/13433375731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fccafc0a62---xuzekajabozuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824c546a144---lanavikugunejakirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namkhoasaigon.vn/web/images/files/97862347774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a91eccc2c1---19281140445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/bekaketuvotajewenemevoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a098942f0fa279f976fd7484544816f4/2639074776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/79576691198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+note+user+guide+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_off0000f2d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010af0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF0 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 8b0bf9464a306ba9b5c564d9f14a336af6999686aab63847481a10cd3fff292b
font_02_sfnt_off0001250b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1250B 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 229e39a0e81b3c8b83b2b6871e7fab3a694c92837dfb1b4452b9184c6d89be37