Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9f7e78a1cd1635a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:04:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c986dd6e4c485079a6a02c02b14d5af0 SHA-1: c2a4bb0bae0e2e11633ef61655f11df2ac9a8277 SHA-256: f9f7e78a1cd1635a7e00a139deedcb141a75c60d1f408ce23489c871e914ced8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other external sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful destinations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ienibtn9pq7gampt0pc48aakkq/xurubesitifezidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/jewonidarujedinawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0130cf67b5f43e703f85df1a7aaa0e57/94371593673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ffe6664d9ab5f9830915ae015f83708/43052522356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/wefimemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd0599b666df72192b5e20921b296ba9/94016390730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f15ac612f78f0c0f58af9a9ac0ce3f2/17904500763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/1591407068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d64cd42be18c4ee4819cbaed536d79d2/87759459039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/watimajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bfc5eb067---tajasaxikegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/11469456842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d696817f00---93596893790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/20586956765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9185788500---67636925156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffe49ef0bee2ea9ced9fc4c74242275a/43174995698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d70f4262d6---31030598619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c685dd83ed4---bifuwalanogasosipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a7a5b491f---derefubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0htum309a1ek18l8bqt0l5jem8/gofaduvaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95f43a3475---51906627298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d016c4ae49e---fokilozuxadujogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebupadujuxevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c76e19959b1---rebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07cb111e2323d7dd1d82cd9612093ed7/powukupobesira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc313cfd70aea6ce3d1e48a54a9e153d/digisawavabirikobogujumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=fastest+belmont+stakes+everPDF 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://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_off0000f2f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0D 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 42162acc442012501caa7cbf18a6d5106be0e63fd1e4e98189426fae4f98f32b
font_02_sfnt_off000122ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CE 17708 bytes
SHA-256: ca136e7f983fe3669a816a717a3ac47371ddcdf0750e5ff38407bfa85c96831c

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