Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9ab547e331f7de1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:31:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d32839812af23a95013d346eb9424eff SHA-1: b3b6e4b69f0132afe9dc9c0d7c2c1a2161517191 SHA-256: c9ab547e331f7de1fc0b17dd7ad2ebc1177b1d48c393376478fb9c49657d18e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host or distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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
  • 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://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5449650ef---76392548078.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/95790991203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/393717adda3c243bc86bf654e5bbfd07/3140506862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd4736fd26---mesiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/kumasupumara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9fb746d4b---65077299343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/zaterebawipodutisezoxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdba717e5f---fijuwarogagugujalujujitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929c6ec5bd3---dilotajumerugifosanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bdae08a6b---37233501764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/8232475250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10qeeid0g2isa6ioomt04e5gjb/jogebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/22242601915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25604727c4c1af0075bcb0aa6c0705f/69818776824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88e4b3b61a---ponitigaxedipifugapozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb6e200ccacc55c93ea1824aa1b37afb/51863240875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rpdrio357jd4t9mlkji9etcd6/3085141665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/32768606375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/10722131554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-ber.com/UploadFiles/file/20210610193411645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibulp2o579rukan8h1eso85am1/zerivema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqm52jkeheb2cju484mpstbgj5/8015907477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f992124a0---xakoxusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/87588252890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=modal+verbs+of+obligation+prohibition+and+permissionPDF 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_off00010184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10184 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11996 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 201229485e4e2476669a88fd973aa61dfb420f7e57bf76ed79e071740b8bb235
font_02_sfnt_off00014557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14557 11144 bytes
SHA-256: d8c1a8211c9770ee58f27ab43aaa164f0d688bdd41b89d38da1d133ec49eeb3a