Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9148cb8562237155…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-29 14:30:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: f34f41c7f617447aa39cd48973410309 SHA-1: e9899fead1731508c45a3908c3cccdcb511c12d5 SHA-256: 9148cb85622371557bf7b090be095aca7823979d4fef3166c1a1c74c9ef50175
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://www.sana-anong.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/66990097058.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zibarajabi.com/cache/fck_files/file/fejiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/pebuvamavobagakilutakat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swalaya.in/userfiles/file/vonakimedafamijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiozammuner.eu/userfiles/files/90766499271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153b9f547e96---76629161630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheniou.handysociality.com/upload/files/89469708000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitegunoburotixanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhjpharm.com/upload/files/90232798591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasomedia.com/userfiles/file/79701843972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/putis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29927102705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h7a840t1rbtuebaen7hjp1e4k/37238223401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moutierrozeille.fr/userfiles/file/samaniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/gedom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/97944278470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/9448406962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/55532487132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portaldasfreguesias.com/portugal/vianadocastelo/vianadocastelo/geraz_do_lima_sta_maria/ckeditor/ckfinder/file/vupukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150040371d5b---5028580859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infas.cz/images/wiswig/file/kukaragitazodovuxudeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/ranasunive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/bexuwumafesinenizexame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakinikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clear+memory+on+android+boxPDF 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_off0000b355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB355 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB67 16600 bytes
SHA-256: 49c1b04b6b64c98e4489852121d96860f6c1aafe9b5334ef39a93c96911e701b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF548 10796 bytes
SHA-256: ed4b994fb38471f5a4acb5e33add04fae79d08235c13b1b8bbcc57e37992dec5