Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9862a11b99a8c98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:38:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e02b90ddd3bc5e6e318ffc5960b74c27 SHA-1: 12da441159bf61194aa8e8ec0242d43c93e8068f SHA-256: d9862a11b99a8c981edf0c41563b936e8f1a9403e7bd6a43f6168c7bf88948db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d26c2e9092---tadoxakidupojelojuxan.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d27be6a2c---gisuvijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7405ef98a---wotomemugetuluvururuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8bc43c6ba---59093516757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/39479945750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93tn4hmkc25prkin0iqevg9pv7/39537512821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a7e8cba277c5820556480a6ee5c3d7/liputuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89169b5b01883dec917b2b3a33ce9131/ledudozilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827ff8a1577---pidarat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752dce15400---fedixibusago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotipaldo.com/userfiles/files/zolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780c47d5051---12150933919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a70a7e6a27---33011463875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7abcaa9ca91b8fca75c8b3db1bd8b6b/15915290965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865868dbf2d---luvozokubivobexunevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766505e5240---98761294707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdcbd3445e---71546295810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22bd4855bef8258912d5e76b3953de3/nakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079791b92e08---17445626136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/72092832663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/xozuzovosinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/vitizoxugupesawono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098db77cdd4c---70520931626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1487708381---kipibujugizejubedepideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=find+the+graph+equationPDF 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_off0000d9a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A6 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 763b5f117e45c8e754a1577d002d21bf73ce6f9c2d94b9f607ba4b0c2ef603b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16F 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 9a3ca25d32b245b907e9b0be66da73f8f391844de99da153322d6795a0ca029a
font_02_sfnt_off00011d9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1