Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9a0b42abd146813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:48:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1103bc256730e0395a1f2e0c2d513a57 SHA-1: 101290789a8ad28ff51abf7ac1ec3495be070fe3 SHA-256: d9a0b42abd146813e67e46024014569e6ed2a0ea7f3c3f41ab5bf0e39dae6e5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to direct users to download potentially malicious files, aligning with phishing and malware distribution tactics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8370ca6d7---92106262889.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/zepalewafiwepizesosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a048f33a6c---dipurelixafedabivamaluraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e26a3aca6---90565195161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43466894372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q67uo8qaeurpa4v0fh8gd8p1r3/nubiwudaxewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95886843425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/14746480398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq6u9gvkb2rqmihbkperglb6a5/27679554597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a814c75c443---rimakijisewutokopijime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc528d419dc---86353023709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/takebobaxemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tplustech.com/images/ckeditor/files/45153202369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210503214851_2101201986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/begoxagoxinaduvinotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f818930e31cf3d331c15af7744a3484/29670707106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c207ec3ac---75629302089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc93a11db51---kawonedolixaxafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmcfqquij18biu1jkc8nrlmk12/333260903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavezunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f480caab6---vakiredemubekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/fubinosuvaneresapumuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094aecc7947d---58179689287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/xaxolavamivirepupuweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=video+star+pc+downloadPDF 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_off0000d94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94C 16608 bytes
SHA-256: 9439bfeb959079f133d576335a17312b75b1c410406030530a72b045712c708c
font_01_sfnt_off0001046b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046B 10564 bytes
SHA-256: f799e7aba3805873f01a74b21f9a07b50b29e9d8b362c9aee45927f849b77d3e
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1