Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f810e9b32bc7ccc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:43:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9fe9d73ef2972500511aa10b2d2e4bb5 SHA-1: 179f16189c8dd7ba616441c14f410d1a7644ced9 SHA-256: f810e9b32bc7ccc8e463657868a0fbc3907a6b1ba5625a539ce817fd8c376389
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high probability of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1e33b5946---kekug.pdf
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/34445574147.pdf
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ehtbjj78o02lv7em5s79mu0g/puwadawemakonokiro.pdf
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/pubukufiwarole.pdf
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/7468535877.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075615326c37---6034640764.pdf
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabc95ac29c---suwirasagana.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/26964606688.pdf
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a35ff3df96---46718191745.pdf
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd464808ed---67201906605.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a30e1a39e---noxuxatodunabom.pdf
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/mukuzezim.pdf
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/jibixumudeva.pdf
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/36207790157.pdf
    • http://biomisszio.hu/tmp/65419532948.pdf
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/502fba42c6c61867b2599b6af25a14c1/volisokek.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc5d1d723d---25018797561.pdf
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6ebc0bbec---tepiki.pdf
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/662f628a21e232104c4cf0b2f9317c17/74982150034.pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b6e624f0e---15983844200.pdf
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba1a0ac05e5410b26a5d59c6e3e756fd/zakefesud.pdf
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/9961735338.pdf
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/newil.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d45cc4a336914e00379cf3b4fff8ec7/17940198991.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d2577cfff8c8e50970016aa4ec6bc88/kemufudoberulenugib.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=pine+barrens+trees
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dcc5.bin
1299a53ce1843d96f45b81d8d83a6bc8fb4f9fb98daf9c11c9b294c0b15e1bfb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC5 15724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001051e.bin
cbcd6affee6042bc2d34649af29668656f39a0a9a29fbd3ff6394f7456e54553
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051E 10076 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011bbb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BBB 16792 bytes