Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9fd9275ea49ea28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:31:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eb302922cb73101c774d4905353c0b9d SHA-1: 0172de10e9eec3e0fab5d97578095e64dae91428 SHA-256: f9fd9275ea49ea28724c18725c8365689c0a0cad76fda416c4292f95c280f9f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mqi96abma81qgf46sba56vago/rexafilewetivuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210810014205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rhbu3spi8058f6h5ephuh7qrui/17053576624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8d2agn3snrjibpb71hk3emif6/rexagorubotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/vujidujesezorinivizogoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcdb3f176e---wunamusabuguxupimabuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti.pl/userfiles/file/34894165898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuaphucluong.com/uploads/image/files/duvofinubaxizobejijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210812035609_ubhuuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pupaparuwigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/43525221204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c45c24202a---lejubenenege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a766ff5e21b2ee46dd852435e1194b6/kajazafezonajojaxefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727c6ddc772---wojuwumogelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96557791589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/niweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aef958584582ff974deb1f3f3dfe32e/44251950864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161060ec2090a0---75875912739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqnmt1gommm9hai6q5jpk2ujh1/52718473564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60216278d5---29651422848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/74608208966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gvnfkcea03goprce4mumnnvtb/jazivowup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90c7e5c584---susodafefuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a411788ae---wesuxudolerejakomawema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2d07548f1---23556614126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=electric+shock+treatment+chart+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF295 11048 bytes
SHA-256: b4648ac82ef6e80c74a5f082a73b320c1877b1fe292f765be7c9cb6578be95f2
font_01_sfnt_off00010c24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C24 18448 bytes
SHA-256: 830de08ce354c93b99b5456ed4bc952805652458cff1da23be71c8542656fa74
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1