Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09c84926a4a37fbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 00:46:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: f13748310c472b1a767d67e75ab11e72 SHA-1: 9104ed422977ce1bb7f1e8a82df2238261107a08 SHA-256: 09c84926a4a37fbf0964d15c8070f55fbd902919f9c96a88d05970a52bd07946
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=resueltos+10+ejemplos+de+raiz+cuadrada+exacta PDF link annotation
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7b2d65b206cb7fc14b2c2b1105af0ec/zuwowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67159260080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/turutefokexoloratoput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/56193061046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609045a0a66e6---vowurobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hl9saevdeij2fc5bq7996j4hkg/rilisigemexisijonikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ceb0748625---karasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608187d3b56d7---zaroluguvekuwupopufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guijek.com/userfiles/file/92295881147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/nepisakoxemexafitawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/saraxanilusoded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maysoi.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/12094267838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msnladyboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12179345425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/86557531759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa472cff86---24579612262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qualityspices.in/ckuploads/files/jaxuxolugebixazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812f954f823---vusagubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/busiroromapoduluxamopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/57896906039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb28ce414a---luxuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/sixotivefavekame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24782650162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f50d88350---zetazabesenazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/5919703209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ec137b016---vefuxivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11246 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
font_01_sfnt_off0001276e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1276E 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 1212b8a9d97d3ae44a3ea86cd399aea880c932a357f1a44a7e3ef07dc75b35ed
font_02_sfnt_off00015a08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A08 11180 bytes
SHA-256: d652e7f9062bbbe39a799954dc54f619b996727e0516feeafc5844c91ea047d0
font_03_sfnt_off0001744c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1744C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1