Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9532eb719ac2c63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-31 22:49:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 46b86ec4ed82fee4fcee174228564b93 SHA-1: bdc6ce945c84b576526fe4313b7b500bd29a2527 SHA-256: d9532eb719ac2c63b6d2b429c332d79dfe9231796af4dd088f57cff33de40991
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous external URIs suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bec1e6bd88---runavamu.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22eb10aa5ff4f75c7b28753138858806/65534918225.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073280f9287d---tuzunoridapanutupodexat.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d28392d68---9964588553.pdf
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/legifogesaguk.pdf
    • https://nomortiga.com/contents//files/sivodebemunodutopegij.pdf
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/lagomusoz.pdf
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/dobilafozutigedusiroto.pdf
    • http://willajarmar.pl/userfiles/file/detutodepilunijevesixik.pdf
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25cfefd65283d3434b981e58f3e0743/82493148651.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ps87l0uh40kbka8ie4425ocs60/toleg.pdf
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/611da1d90b0dab1dc8c332a2c6d15c21/50374894852.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1bc6410f4---4455379699.pdf
    • http://geometracosentino.com/userfiles/files/muxag.pdf
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67771848ac52319b9452390b4fd3ec01/jolipivatamufemunisidon.pdf
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/34037880574.pdf
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900826393b3---78140633292.pdf
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f751c54ecfdcismupi75k73i2/lojojesi.pdf
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/11934673084.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbb221cc08b34e6ca51687228b9387cb/tokokuwubofesibezariva.pdf
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68ab592751a960ee548e285c4eb564f8/26386292613.pdf
    • https://digireg.org/upload/wasatujiwigurupaj.pdf
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/tavukofapeluzaretupo.pdf
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/36538350926.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13220b5d6c---81552677375.pdf
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/39520616558.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=exercicios+do+sistema+cardiovascular+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f33f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b51.bin
a669ff83c8ff31dfe73f9ccdc0fd57971c23c2d2e466c190bafdca93dadd1abf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B51 18636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000138b7.bin
cb58df54bb7b314376f0ba51ef0419955d4a3eb656f20d24bdd0fa24cf874648
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B7 10928 bytes