Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 809394a946a09e36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-26 01:48:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f757c9060cc39894a16cf12263b5e7f7 SHA-1: 0c79495eb1d622581af2ac2540131bee4e229569 SHA-256: 809394a946a09e36100eea1a8385a40faa2437d39306caa99c69f595ef177e55
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the download of a second-stage payload via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/getonopudazetobopuradiju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed46b3e3fc43b3ab6e3acc048aedbd6f/63499228467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missinternationalbeauty.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/ferixijorinabimogetarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb95036928---78941192236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/peditudelegukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d564e0ff95---popiweruxoranuwutitawepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/31926950778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36636521758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/82280443437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-25/20210725014441311819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/mijizeragakebebegatano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/8827837427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e3941537d---mixekugoworubevezogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/kopugadimixakigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/fivogagonulutojajuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxegewibatajibuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/wixexoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/61924608454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/12227969443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulherinscampground.com/clients/879992/File/66307984986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bb93c9a6ad0d2d7680bac40f65674c7/kavetegarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tl25rpqvdodhevsd1hqkqhlua7/naduwijopupana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+engineering+thermodynamics+9th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD845 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 076c7279ae569205c142017a3e8f5255cc294afbceb6f78dd904ebb417d9843f
font_01_sfnt_off00010678.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10678 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E8F 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 7b0bff2ce2b5cc0264e58e1e828f4140d05844ef4521e62ba953a18857781266