Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db9cf8ddcad7074f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 06:06:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 52ae9b8dfd00e066b74b77f7d209c4f6 SHA-1: abe4a98e471969d1365b2fa4a9b6a26549310119 SHA-256: db9cf8ddcad7074f42fce9a4c1976c52a0f38573515b0ea711d431460e220fa0
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detected this file as a phishing trojan, and the structure suggests it's part of a phishing campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings strongly suggest malicious intent through link redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4210

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/xiwatexafivebowulakedokeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609293e0c2926---37816987270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmjd1ss1r5fdhvo538pmaruaij/dijobowapasajefiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aad6e7c8c---51372888355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c068d0c3b---jujazilotujelevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/370fdfa6c3e995adc2e9cad5b79a82af/14510098407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce0987abb07a13db52e0d0b496b639c8/duxofirevafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/xovisitanimosikefigukowap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishelik.ru/userfiles/file/47816246260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ci6rrc5u5ueb8p9h83loov6135/jijafupanifevotevilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bac7e5658d512c1cd60d4e8cda3b9108/netojoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d5d6910da---fukodubufesulixaxomisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/1816477668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e78754396c7e91d7a2d10e9c630f06a/lawuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39de2d426a8139896173777421abba0/zajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727ab781ae2---xilodetujepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/284bbab42c4adbc89ee48b301c63e2c9/soguvenomesezaxuvibarob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/53422394329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/pexizikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/zomazuvitomuter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608111e941e54---1668047482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bceb440a803---fomumuxapokezibisotifapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afb9f1cba0---rumuduwagixame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vlu48b5nlr83oeppq5esh75b1/75253322179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=month+of+shawwal+2020PDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10708 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 6126456c03e4fc8b572198aeb31a120d9c2ef4a410824f6840a8a5ccb8a493e4