Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9091d0a025869a23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 02:29:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fb6c7d98bfa8184bc5aa4ed83980f2a6 SHA-1: 48f10ef62b8e483a91a90fa3fb0b38ef92c09ee9 SHA-256: 9091d0a025869a2364ac6339d14bd0f846fa91c215514094ff1054ece99b4fe9
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. The presence of numerous links pointing to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially host phishing content or further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da9b4d82f6---fuwaremu.pdf
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/46563038868.pdf
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753f1d9c575---15071243386.pdf
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/47208119943.pdf
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609258339eb2e---81869223279.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e39408b541---todetoj.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcdt58p2a7c9vrmchfsvvf24t9/fubadixekuj.pdf
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/tuzafepifogekuwodaji.pdf
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/8997550911.pdf
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/35025787083.pdf
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxutaviri.pdf
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/50818076314.pdf
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/lukanaso.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d6f2eed3818ed53738a004b8ce3a80/digixusiwabofavefo.pdf
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/30653958719.pdf
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/872d49b7e426f87812f92374a989ec82/fofij.pdf
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/54131187276.pdf
    • http://malverne69.com/clients/a/a7/a743c233813d1a1dbf5c38c484d85cdc/File/15117680720.pdf
    • http://vkts.se/userfiles/file/90425847114.pdf
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/kopusimegomi.pdf
    • https://najarshi.com/basefile/najarshicom/files/17569573632.pdf
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb224ca4880---posonasuluvolulimuzo.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5cf3aafa6---29227569913.pdf
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/83081704636.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bf8b9ef03---67994208039.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hip+roof+gutters
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e559.bin
71df3aeb7c3373247796c4eb51b58813ed833dd9ee9975c54a60bb8cc6d151ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE559 17512 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000112cf.bin
19e2570f646d20aa9f25ee4827db264ff41e8c65292084834efd9923697cd99a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CF 10312 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a2e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A2E 16792 bytes