Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9dc811aaf95b097…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 15:56:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0e591c221dece72c3232a0a1efcadd04 SHA-1: bd5b5b6fb28b46893053bfd522577684164b6111 SHA-256: f9dc811aaf95b097d8114eb68cc111bc2bf08547f9be599506e0ec4ec7f7661d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The sample contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these link farms and the overall detection by security tools strongly suggest a malicious intent, likely related to spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

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 http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607262d035065---76040932497.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fdacd1d1e749080dafe641eb26023a9/77401075685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6033f2beaa8953a9e02f789d6f6b2cc6/bomejejugexokaxunamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ak1r1ieic6lqdv5bct3ca0vp/38423048338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d3f7372fd---46408530364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/735f7dae0509dda2855ed9366b8d5837/jadivepofevaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/55936245310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b5710068---kesaxova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1c824d6bf---vegajedimusisivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/majaxafozizoxijivujavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/92941782176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/1439519917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3054198671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3081405878cd8b49b479c414a1c97bb2/1344351256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa057696d7---43637815830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/60239374032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8suf5knqfso893v3126uhtgc0/4765611086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e356c61b292ca0e64bd4fb32fbfffa7a/85426355633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/wefedaxivowufotuwopir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a232a2a7f---polugivukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/mujamajabuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a967ad49fef24a31cc99ff7d49c3480/ritibane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c0e13668a23a4744c7fdd4812a9d852/memub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dd5e64933f5a075ae01c9242c98d03a/63083628950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b324b6bfa---72614522468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72004de10bf87b95558d8e10624023fc/xiwofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/gobuwimezifupojukan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d84e9e169e0---jogevosuserofegag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=and+thereby+hangs+a+tale+meaningPDF 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_off0000f0ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0FF 10808 bytes
SHA-256: af044d8c1c9bdf6269096e54e143adb1f67643d360e221655bc8694e89c9b5b5
font_01_sfnt_off0001097b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1097B 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 41e68b7356d0790e2dc8c8a94eb161126441fa0c2210db207d1ae5eb9efbd089
font_02_sfnt_off000138a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1