Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9627e756c492d3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-08-14 21:33:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b04b329142516d405557fbdbe6e45d29 SHA-1: 9df890e2689bbc5fbaeee92d82de2b229f33b207 SHA-256: f9627e756c492d3bd236be52cc768448a5f18ef019e0c6b0de394e60842139be
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979016d53e2---38828870274.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44153804320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/73680258663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/65830048264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b43aa5beb914eb0f1236e3fc0eaa4b6/60840364544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41323910368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c039b186f7e---rusebupokagazeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/nofumis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddc1157f39---14238860873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b51243fe8---pumamoratefugufapobida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificioilcavaliere.it/userfiles/files/riwuzexunojupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qoj9eus3he3ahvbi6ehig1hhm0/zokirulemarudonorewadaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcad3e6ef3b---tatojepisonazegewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43468382911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f2cd7371a---nigur.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://calzaturificiocatia.it/userfiles/files/patakunitopodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78540837742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db40b5a111---77790331356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ea57a7162e---nijorizuvozikale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608090b33abc4---koxuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/38156819959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saga.diamonds/uploads/ckfinder/files/siporazosizidiboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/91872675795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/413c56782871b64c94a96bfd881e5fa2/fobopolubutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=present+simple+vs+present+continuous+exercises+worksheets+pdfPDF 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_off0000cc6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC6F 11172 bytes
SHA-256: ef8d7cb04d12b534c04418599e96c135d962161d6698b87f6da98ad3309d1058
font_01_sfnt_off0000e675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE675 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE87 16668 bytes
SHA-256: e600381ce9042ecc6fb1741a40569019f682e1fc0684df1f915919dae1f96d25