Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09244a955ccfd5d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:03:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dd2494cbaedf8ac20beca079775f316f SHA-1: 8fcb5a8cecc608fe57bd9001c035ed53ba10b46b SHA-256: 09244a955ccfd5d9aaf332629181ccd28094f65a133e736abd134dd65d858f34
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous links point to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736a3f8d48b---34297256700.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/gagefumaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7n8kbbcm0icimfofi7j5nsd110/dutenumuxituxevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaziemirkentkonseyi.com/upload/files/39498583620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowedokorexetagogogari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjr5kui7jkdp7agadigep9c4t3/sedanasafepubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariangelesorrico.com/galeria/files/97166553600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/46824156722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helenhotel.vn/upload/files/46758784794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/31924594293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6d01d81ee6cab3e4ba9a33d4584dc84/48917774562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808c9045ef8---nawelomelopada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/56345540056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisojuvokukadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/34834490037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135258e45476---23732334532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/95651587848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e471c046df2f172d8025db669b9a3fd/nalexowapezadanolonebotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.com/files/files/gafokukobamulowekadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedivizelevuredus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a3c308e02---bedutuwevubiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a303d23ded7---55333187025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c477d77088b86bf7a1c6e652163219/funewozepotimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=html5+color+codes+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_off0000da22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF234 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 2da9ff5b832cdff3bd61eb4c024a95ea08e0861266244bbaf52d99eeacf11f3e
font_02_sfnt_off00012093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12093 10548 bytes
SHA-256: a9415eefe9ae740ef3b53966727ca8bb8bfa9a8550bc83dd05e7598b4eb05378