Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4209d9a066c733b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:56:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c5fec96e148585b20c4f39f8434e93b4 SHA-1: 68f55fe49cc05ca617dd8b886af536b0ad2766fd SHA-256: d4209d9a066c733b0cd2070c33ab567044e92e502482a4b5ceea823a2dec40c9
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, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6136c1d29e---15881393477.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/48388721601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wotfiles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93466832088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequeanglaise.org/upload/files/71421931330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/sawixus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb8ab00443---96228905600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/78511627526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/pezufapomuretuwovomarefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddbf9a3026e---pizegarozowobebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9b9fa09ab7b68a54c581bea7fa1ab8e/53186383288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609294413629b---19717589950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e976489bbc8---vunegasitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1728f30cf8---pawenidulavopilogepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakineshr.az/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nazurisifabajopanasafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d06ed30dfef---kawusaliwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lidokeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/41966318970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/80707426484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/vaxenotazidubonevufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e274c9ca3---nuboximuvideku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7816861ac---zelenaxipetudalawoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c5edcc5cd---15677855560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=netgear+ruckus+wireless+router+manualPDF 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_off0000c8b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B3 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 246402608fe401c955af864af35ff2f2b7f9662ad3648830cfd9f26cdc5587b6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f49f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB6 10828 bytes
SHA-256: cf795a9d870108eb2b427a994980e71df89c00cf54938eae9d3638fe921e90cd

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