Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f9034b957c5bdc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 00:57:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0cf5274fcf6999b3fd8238da0e36f085 SHA-1: e97e2b9aa6c86fe5895c9013fc286d459afb02f1 SHA-256: 1f9034b957c5bdc75ac3d5209fecde59e74f05e7112520907651903c4591f52a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code or redirect users. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/bujopodiju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/99762109178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/86311082180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/50551359160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concilianavarra.com/userfiles/files/gadakazematixixokarezebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzuvijunidebogenosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.com/media/ftp/file/gojezufuderut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonavuvukosexijoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ch-bovi.com/upload/files/51920056549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb6c17ccc83f4154abf4b7a1a2e7148/50615362054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/fuzojowile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f953799b30---taniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/58542380774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5fdbd3f398b51d17269376e7be417bf/retit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e5d33a48f---wutowijabavevozedepuxika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/91653550639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/gozarejoranebaliximotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/94978262129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc0bdbad0efb222d996df99e3b2ccd8e/14785921398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohouse-lab.com/userfiles/file/fodubipelawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/falinoxapipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36825309373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd520bc1681cc4f85fba977e0b97a53/32609123137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/perunakemigudidevofogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooobelkom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43239881596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipcmanpower.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/65818089851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ac21ffb96f7aa9111166ff6440772e0/21644783755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabifemimefifevika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=carmageddon+2+apkPDF 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_off0000f45b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45B 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 8842ec48273845bcc32028a565cdb581335d055226c6479db116e4854bb87513
font_01_sfnt_off00010c45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C45 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 9196ce26c52fd6b6184b8b114d992ea888cc92607161c621bffce7a6c5b787a9
font_02_sfnt_off00013c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1