Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9f2a4f511c80050…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:44:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3f68e53be10288bb0df0b62dfdda7dba SHA-1: e7863ffceda056216aa8d2844ac3616e2dbb7406 SHA-256: c9f2a4f511c80050f0bcc9c00d4f9fdee7fa55167b895ad54e31e97375a5fb53
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish users or redirect them to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure itself is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9797

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9f63e1c064066171e424db1b0ee8561/wabaji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://safetypath.net/cms_images/30094037729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/limizimekikezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc9318fd31---xusezebemegitexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betaempire.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/72569219751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/nifekabarigene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/doag6fnnsp7k024qhg70i3384t/tikuwekidiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3248ccefb3136cd59a3f11aeeccc4c/37020198538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0aa069c51---vafutopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078940222a02---vokeseroli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/vekagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/basagapimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenkenmoshi.info/images/files/file/gerojiruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c63c30d018740b085ef3a226910b45e/xivumomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/61973712843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609201a4a6107---pokazuwetipakotosorusewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a729726570f---33684733536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapmanhighschoolclassof1968.com/clients/c/cb/cb1fed5110c07f199f416a264ee6943c/File/40140940574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b748e36c314---10487684278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab06cd682d---38441740805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjk78086gcl0mr1nj6o8j3nepb/botudojevegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/penomelavumukazenekabuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795e4ccb98d---nobizesaxikimununepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uacvtbdauh29gp9hjfa96bmtso/vafodagolaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bca030e77b---34999096510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbcoc82a22r02opu087ge2gldn/78229435926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=writing+off+rent+as+business+expensePDF 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_off00013fc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC2 10820 bytes
SHA-256: be0c89c2ffdf06185500779cceeed8025b71996067c794a348d60735339d5280
font_01_sfnt_off000158ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158AE 18288 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9d96b5555661b8f275b3223a6510a72afd8947bc2fd98cb80e53d989b3e117
font_02_sfnt_off000188b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x188B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1