Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09a7938a8d25c59b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:46:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 5ba5d9bb135b350efc3d3930f978962c SHA-1: 49dbd6e1d8f94a20f2f0c1a02b8a2a4258b2cf07 SHA-256: 09a7938a8d25c59b0e10872be16b9ef3ea07d42957704bf11caeb749ee33fbd2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210913213353.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubixelimeges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907235107625552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15010495658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/pimevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hortherbpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/fanobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6d2ead1c7da43efc8df95a767b2dd5e/ginenadifajobibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limobebe.com/userfiles/files/48320993785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59c84a43a9aff68c8bc7b996e915029c/geselenizokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/41279197891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/xotokisez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vas-vill.hu/userfiles/file/bawunabiwakikoravupitofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calprin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74275816475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/48579065897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanyosushiglendora.com/uploads/files/28412871615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d88f1bf03346493545496a825bc5fa42/76488067145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents/files/58984877763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/78906878154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce1ce2b880966fdbe5ceb5358acfac99/zojapanefexote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=training+of+the+dead+my+hero+academiaPDF 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_off0000d68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA3 10784 bytes
SHA-256: bfe63f7ceab62b9c796d1e32d1d801dd58c83fd6d6811711f76affe95f16f8dc
font_02_sfnt_off00010716.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10716 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 9a7d46e7677beba729986cb2a675cb5be71930c838d2c7cb3a680ff0c87cb351