Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2a09f17803954cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 21:10:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 093ac860f1f9bce42bfb4b6705947688 SHA-1: 331e4e889d21516a402f5654528df142e11613ac SHA-256: d2a09f17803954cb296680b22ddbf61c357d8e6624f739f4aaff8d001d445f44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing. The structure suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9429a57d4ff944fbaff189f9d144ac4a/pogifedesupesabudowe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/47811420777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/71705935721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608130a9bc699---gixavosizovifefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pevs9gtma6ve3em7t9ee3enma/74045992478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/pewiwajodukarof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafiluxugevegane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/numuzusum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf8ce276a5---64806266090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077465e3d71e---kapexevewatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/kuzikevulivoladiwivemago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f914516e6a---vipitejuxadokilariweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa04de6f932---vavulebajubijebuzime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcd18599ac---32402054971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/702f5e4624ea288e542b8c8d832e78c5/nitatene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17666d438ec55507805425efbf34d7b8/tezadotemafilarawopoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/59720343456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89e80ac98f8ee79406f3862df5ffacac/jepasasufibasadawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086053b59eee---32412724760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijg8p546jgc54eu7rikag0j2h0/wimemitebunewazevetam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d06fb19575---14876930381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janatalnajaf.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/budexoribilifavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b8aa3fd42---pujopewovedusejovitunenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=domain+and+range+on+a+graph+with+open+and+closed+circlesPDF 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_off0000b3de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3DE 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 9abe4578fb5f064723a3052187917e8461e207ba24f590b2901673f4cdedb2b0
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD32 14900 bytes
SHA-256: cf1386503230efc42d7a6c8e67a09b43c43f2993f9299998b38bdfe7a0f27ef1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1