Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9b694a2da3ef95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:22:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4daac942a03a16c1482ae17f321f2c8c SHA-1: aabe00c7696a6403267c61345c523e8b3c26daf0 SHA-256: cd9b694a2da3ef95a537d37bc7ce8a3f6a8d5939d162a464016419af986241db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc0q9mmtlusnrih4smjje1s009/xalexabolavagig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787430ecd04---99850934531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f38857c907---72064238441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/bavozemimivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160becbe296516---34739896592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apple888.vn/luutru/files/revigavukoludosadetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7745403c4---35804292471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apismorava.eu/docs/74790327369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/fapipepowalomoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3m6kp7tg315j0ggflf2u11nogp/71180814601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d5cd2703f---mimadizuvifojuloliruzakuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/puvetomuwopuzinofafafuned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4c12652b6---70072618344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d8e7b125a3---gesagejebazoxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/14855649918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/jabeverirekotemidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eb584e8a5---59399856339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroykap.com/application/views/stroykap/userfiles/file/54554971938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46d9a0821246183ab6071c8ac87cc4a6/saluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfbe744491---43244936783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdf1ee1i9dcci5srn6m76h7ivn/xogojigujuzopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/58755612967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/18392916356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=most+livable+citiesPDF 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_off0000dbc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC3 19800 bytes
SHA-256: 7e2c8604b139827d93a50ec3a9aa06d4679967c5e3326abb1e65925b0f4eb60c
font_01_sfnt_off00010e47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001265e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265E 10216 bytes
SHA-256: e2b51f390918673aa34966270e93a9623163a11ce30fbcbde9907ed98fb2bb6a

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