Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f09d4a873238eacc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-23 12:32:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 366c3753a0ba2c9cfe77e7a8e8c0fcfe SHA-1: a7b3f526ad40b9d87b8994c76912559e22d46237 SHA-256: f09d4a873238eaccfc50fcdd3a09f6ff518dea9f696f59a50259d1ebb1a7052e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL analysis point to a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/85432525636.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a52d02ee642646b6f22070d09c33a191/17255655366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4db421b09---54602603844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/sozagixosefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3641fa3d82e9bb1ad85a83da449738cd/gajijimipevemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/alebe2s1fin1le00g8hm4qovbk/90345055878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/79876333953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a488569be5217300b1df92edc57466b/79936579948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cb741b8c4f9f4b6e82e59786ff5d668/vabibezunawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/monizin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5m9tvn0u3g6vdgmq9uvvjqm8r/46486205713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/59781503347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/kikarugozovajexesin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a798cb1139f---32351568614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e42199dc1---fibexineruwabezasenomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/2923687818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baspb095ig8l85fj0ov0s5kul6/batidaruwuvupalebeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents//files/wijujepusujuzeduworonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47acotglqic4um8mf4cn7ijlig/53551887140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/60910336720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed2dca1c163eb4302b7ebacd1564d6e/60596426675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/84098208730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/vekegatanavuwemulagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+2018+movies+download+in+isaiminiPDF 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_off0000f8fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FA 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 67870c5f86c152146f382ba865906703816c50006209b21754dac678b3b4d68b
font_01_sfnt_off00012542.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12542 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D59 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 9f64149d6d144403d68118e5a25e8a42cf1a31cd19b161ae586107ef1e9a802f