Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9f4ba1f4c2cd9dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:22:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 56b9365007c3aafd0e3c2ccd27ea70d4 SHA-1: b71e6b3242b16d1209b1a21fc6d15a8800a0360f SHA-256: f9f4ba1f4c2cd9dcbf0f04a42e2ee20b5ee3548a8fe1d011a73886671647fc8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and a 'download button' lure further support a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9bf2423de---85754890037.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446a37fd34f4d6bd59299da17dc61c91/neperiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/rogoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/50702765833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/pezovenogunozajorokipuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5e8779ac5---84012738791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/55758925076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4qihlj7ofo0i63ioq6dnfs3q4/waxebuviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-elektronarzedzia.pl/catalog/file/96872130877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed08e0e1e2bdfd3ec2fdb00bebf604f8/sijasinezovegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f0582f5db90884abef51bb0874963c/49787991766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osteopathe-montpellier-sud.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25288991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/80376178153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/feduvifesabeponedamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210706051111_72w0mg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2adf5a218aa442d93e732902975433dd/mapenikimosogutijuxawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3a056f82e75ed4064bc681baf48eead/sogexiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prodomasa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92212034877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95e4b7f6fa5987249ad65c5e2907a6ea/mivigujezijulapugodomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/42138416362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/43825973827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cfab3611d---mejotanopibasifobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7e23f3965---82347843941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu53p5k19hna2j05ahrfsfqru5/fudatasimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/196506188060a66779dad01.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+illustrator+pen+tool+tutorial+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_off0000cc3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC3B 18000 bytes
SHA-256: ac9502347ee342d25a15fdfb81ad90aeb163c047f721ea357b01d9beed317389
font_01_sfnt_off0000fabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D2 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 1f290e64ab5b7eec44f30ca4633f2922ae91359b14ada83c5ff80ac363c6ac85