Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f09edad56429c498…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:34:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: faa70d6a740333fabe300b31db38f746 SHA-1: 5fc02474224f0fb2c8ca8747806b90e852b6bc6d SHA-256: f09edad56429c49824f1d4b76ddb635ff8fba7016e4cb7e794c7d9b34d73432e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which are likely used to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further suggests a deceptive workflow aimed at tricking users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • 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 https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380a41a05db---ribawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdc10126c2711d857ea9fb29b9b671b6/kofuzoluxomugasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/29371957463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec83cbb51a61a327a77eefc7cb33d83a/78509691433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/73497310300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/devusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/laretuwifin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/40426115338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/bavavuzowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wujunuzimedazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/20304931998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/tetemalamekosogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/gipumojuriwodexidufegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasadtemizlik.com/upload/file/69360780025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnojamstvo.com/userfiles/file/rupowokejetizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614410e470b3d---48417418040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk4education.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/630334382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/3683288105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolutionchonburi.com/userfiles/files/31608653720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelpancharatna.com/assets/userfiles/files/jixixibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302eff59efa---vokenizetafowusefuzumavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/96087902229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/83662689414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisnoblelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/86886077771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=my+hero+kirito+sao+mdPDF 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_off0000e276.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE276 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 4afac2a89c139fd0a8a032e8292043b35632ff55a891703ca9a401ad40206426
font_01_sfnt_off00011265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11265 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 6f05d035f1b580c7958c4aaa5cda025b112b069b5ae7384b7b685f9aae0b74a1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1