Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9169c87e462b020d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 12:03:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: df376a621d6025f45d1de214042c3ec0 SHA-1: 90bb97997e31e917bbd41cf84fab1b5ffe904dcc SHA-256: 9169c87e462b020df8785bc5ed04218d5f6f6614874298da15e881e286e3e3db
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites. Several heuristics indicate these links are part of a link farm, with some pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and others on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/78410600088.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://armenia4d.com/contents//files/tabedepelosagune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/jofalod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/xazadisaxuvajegatexifake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f82ad24902---sasebebazewepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/kalevetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/lezurifodibiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstyapi.com/resimler/files/vukozakesazeladadufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c939248fb3e---82413443760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6432908182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210720104643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/29357512560b9f70b4e216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/wafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2c4330a533---keteberazamegenukefatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/mepakegitifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i89jb2mlanm0g7appavcbee66/92842448627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161234544e572d---lifamubexatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/29344945004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjclassof1971.com/clients/1/16/169b02496b2253913efe31a5b05f4f66/File/23288786378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forssh.com/userfiles/file/39881489277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee9665e291---zategeludusidudetizivud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/43884478867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+class+10+english+footprints+without+feet+pdfPDF 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_off0000da9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9B 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 0bcc60dd61d3c7375494da32572e02a78428877c7150480c48a0d34ef875e0f8
font_01_sfnt_off0001067f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E96 11236 bytes
SHA-256: cea6eae8395008409c8a05bb925f369e64c6b22d98203ff66a642c77c6d13afd