Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0575c9ad13226fda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-10 16:03:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 96c76209769581cc85c212dc72864024 SHA-1: f171af45d0f5eb6142a748986274c1f669d957ba SHA-256: 0575c9ad13226fda5a7a611f0b87219a002ef5e08fd6f270fab81d710410da47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://kamakuralosgatos.com/uploads/files/94962247541.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134336668da3---55478373763.pdf
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/64181906158.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b929ad178---xulawipe.pdf
    • http://acelybio.com/upload/files/41881406768.pdf
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/duleperuvug.pdf
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/30944467077.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5142ac805---96484081098.pdf
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210905060258.pdf
    • http://xy-interior.com/uploads/files/202109061443194271.pdf
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupewodojevilarirewi.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad8f0078e6---xekenutaj.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2d88ea0c3---13735950949.pdf
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/97070562402.pdf
    • http://www.ppk-kp3k.kkp.go.id/ver2/extra/ckfinder/core/connector/php/media/ckfinder/files/26582818086.pdf
    • http://honghuibio.com/d/files/bamimuvuzida.pdf
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/18099571790.pdf
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimobafekepidivosone.pdf
    • https://tw-itemaos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saginowufiparekobo.pdf
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalalaxedevumubugobolor.pdf
    • https://vsetinrally.cz/userfiles/file/44171907033.pdf
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/41376591433.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=sleep+cycle+pro+apk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d37b.bin
a6cee52f2a234e6d5bff93d72c6749b11c99e559f63ebe0e4dfee44d7a510377
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD37B 10188 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea75.bin
2219b10481fbe2c878e202f80b3f15e4b3af32cd289c7f9d505805c703cd9c55
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA75 16724 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000115ae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115AE 16792 bytes