Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c9f62823ce397f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 07:16:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2651ad308bb579a203aac588449ff384 SHA-1: d07581809054655c5addaf855ec9c4c5b62d5ad4 SHA-256: 1c9f62823ce397f5f847f4646f7c1d204c9553dbd304a0e56372d26a78a64ab6
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 delivering malicious payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates that the sample hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting the JavaScript likely downloads a second-stage payload from one of these compromised sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/wilijobujoludezeriraluz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c7b467b40---simiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnejendomsdrift.dk/userfiles/file/tivitagopalajelimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85631912868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147d5bebd5fd---58333001414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/95603962321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/58318568466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/67613660801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161434e4970f6d---10589136182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affordans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16468989589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147ff8651e7a---fafipefunefexanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/dufubazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1d6d5bcb1---tilitinekudakufojadoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/311337746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zehanbiopharma.com/upload/files/67228390079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/kisugin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/17421358263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/misafetidetofolejiduresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msk0rui0h9som5okl3ah743617/25672960728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienmayminhchau.vn/uploads/news_file/megaworubefikaduviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18500080675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/95667623684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=if+you+meet+sartana+pray+for+your+deathPDF 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_off0000d922.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD922 18220 bytes
SHA-256: 5a00e6de08bd2fcfadc8648f75c2caa45cf6081bf94ab406d673e28974c202c2
font_01_sfnt_off00010895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10895 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120AC 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 9f405005aaaceafd2be0c509a83c4bfdf4b33a4ee113855da480710843d2c5e0