Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e09f15c3e316be2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:53:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9f7d18254cc999c1d05fa97e61ed0143 SHA-1: 31c38260b6793432ca52d88b3db0d7e9902f83ca SHA-256: e09f15c3e316be2d76947b60d4474bd67a38bfb4a271820df58344f26c322c61
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware. The presence of multiple links on compromised CMS platforms suggests an attempt to leverage trusted domains for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfea0b154cc36c547db364ca33237fd0/59182951037.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/musexinubutiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washburnhs64.com/clients/f/f7/f75dc469904bb25755ea64d7551c4a95/File/pamagipalagelawepoxides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23517716417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52939e7a69b1972064c5583ecb60b4ae/bugozinalanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/berox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916887c35f5---71074636433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982f541d464---57382820966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2327e91b1680eb4402b918ee4f1d99d0/18197899915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ooh7dh5u1ljj9sm3h46hu8uin/94028328319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56419a354156e570be27e768a7fc0b5e/xitilirikotijuzemagepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb0c71f5e2---29239672002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydala.com/userfiles/file/jebuvoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e7e8dd7e0---mipidudeponuwajavebenamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10rh7vgh7879i1ruf6984fba99/lojigupibitegurekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086090f94315---34122944974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59e2229d01---vakikirumofezenodalafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6kqllqg87ciiuv70920tqlh60/figedivutibogunizane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zulubadosuxusovonisege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/runote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/74065781316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/giwerapadokelalovasejega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/feriwabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbgpiti.com/userfiles/files/riwitikefumowow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=www+chemistry+questions+and+answers+comPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee46add555---dipexaburenoviwekexadoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF193 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109AA 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 472e46a8430db41a83b224657ae36f28316f33a8082a885d18177f02f29ccf9a
font_02_sfnt_off00012302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12302 17100 bytes
SHA-256: dab97623e99734abad624b6d0b154b326fdc755e47634ef1c5684f7a2d02249c