Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9edc3542e3bbd01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:54:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 08da5977485fedd5ff18c9b2aba15056 SHA-1: 315a67349ea92c1e38fb4817a8e0c8ab8bc37b14 SHA-256: f9edc3542e3bbd0160da1805e5e47914ec2587b4ec8e4484b3fb33f5d75d7e88
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which is a common technique for distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous unknown URLs associated with compromised CMS upload functionalities reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdba73e0b8---xepegujoreruramuxav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d4ba2febb---munag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609404556d9f3---sozonijejukixelaras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c09ad0bfbb---ludiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k73o1rd3m2t3keq6abdtndvfrd/19386407575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606deb5969f10---fidimezavanesilijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/zokejakeguxenokolawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/xidewokowisowexakupuruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/44484407156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43731edd1303bff4156704ea5f6296db/veraje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7cf52d6c90---ketatemowadivuzusakivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/76238192557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/604622651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b60a07db5176e586ad16789562ec1b8c/wamepumolikebafujivara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3a18123ce---86536613617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b275f97948d---pejigogasobusovovolafuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bla43sgl5g3s5e1g6cr41dhan9/18627490629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/75437229735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d9f1f0d6a---xotinubiximesivuzidebuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/77653077958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607982a6b0d68---66771238564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d578d2800a---91979985506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/rusonizizunogafijeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=three+letter+word+with+fPDF 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_off0000f2b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B2 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 1242d9e987d030bd81e440c8feff2ede0e7a7994dcc0c5bfd3ab7518343146ce
font_01_sfnt_off0001208a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1208A 10064 bytes
SHA-256: f4b9b24a56e4e64f47d19628f7b44436070e87de944a46ece035df723efc6027
font_02_sfnt_off00013715.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13715 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1