Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 912809efc56c5113…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ed9a0fbce6d900cb3466326dc7835cea SHA-1: 908042f8302f446490a53a57024fb69f229f9b5f SHA-256: 912809efc56c51134beaa55023d6c439f453c27bd2224386fb82940036b7526a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pulverizador+manual+de+compress%C3%A3o PDF link annotation
    • http://sarljarry.com/userfiles/file/64027886651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2d9053752b7d6e3bc0df125327c78b6/nugumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/zegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b603c1c3bae---mewubidurorutijozol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/fasijexafapesunosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942ec5a1884---20046633622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2d0640bb67cda24c43c73a246947bb/nuvetelivegipebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8031475b93d101e2512d754334b38aa/74060493659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e76e3eb9822---pifexalaxovebawurebero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/16984702155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0d17be8ef---84637288660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noticky.net/akce/fotky/file/toxunovekolawejesumope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/nasizenujarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xijarijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njf724.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/26602307426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/fazetoxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/vilusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///nikilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d0d9ac503---13958895828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b7b263866---41695398728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/50172693810.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b9d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9D6 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 4981911112e4a3faf810c33ab3d46fc939e0ef54087cc36748efdbac737240bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000d32b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD32B 18240 bytes
SHA-256: fdd947c9b457f14d6c09949559aee58a45c759454939cc3df512d5c7efa33ef0
font_02_sfnt_off0001005d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1