Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5a9a9e1828cb01e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:53:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bd9dad8b689f33fe99fc1d10d7aa5af4 SHA-1: 8bd8c73edf7d8e5bc9a65623288ef8c868a6f780 SHA-256: d5a9a9e1828cb01e337f7c4081fbbfbd192a97f59e841b5b38f5d9cd1fd61d9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised CMS upload locations. The presence of numerous unknown URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608059ea3a28e---2467349804.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/woxizemije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17b3302db33046683d6374eb8e1da6e/geterazobulepopakuraxugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/momudelakawodewinebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3debd520f0bb71446a787dbc46be9458/81851807808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/nafakeriniso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5l5335rktsg815ljt148h42o62/pipowogeluzonofunotugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5d788f2a6b---foruditidesijame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202108102346526902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/89525066266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7597d0816002d46ec0378b101d04c1c2/biwuwipigawosexanitunorog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcsfood.com/images/file/22578949318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77326a5f2afae1117cd820b4897be6a/23440179808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d09ebb775a8---subiwiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b53f2fd61---kevoratebamijofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/redorodis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee87a893b0---latexofesikajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73f37fb0a65fdeda202bd12c7be40326/17088025252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/99601830249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballstonfamilymedicine.com/clients/861402/File/56513090968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vefvm8fbq2tmrvmrqdfmovdd5/rukowefajuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9f196f67b---wisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703c11e3b89---65240701080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/71061185471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/47664442579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=a+cylinder+and+a+cone+have+the+same+height+and+same+radius+of+the+basePDF 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_off0000cd16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52D 11324 bytes
SHA-256: dfab5f3b225a8badfdf1aec6a88ac56a95fc80c316acd02e58dcf23b6ceb4f2e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF75 16828 bytes
SHA-256: 01615f9d05dbfb36bef0b6fd151ed4c85db00f184003ba9a2f9258083e10737d