Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91a9f38659711ebc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a80d54a80856d58bbe5af02cb29756b5 SHA-1: 8f7150c7848e075006b8461397a0c744049e1c03 SHA-256: 91a9f38659711ebcbff02de4efd4cd7b0a1a28585cc298503cbd44e8d4066f40
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://e-store-sys.com/userfiles/file/takagi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cofetariafraguta.ro/UserFiles/file/geguvewibejegazipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voparafenurerox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/nudikozagewiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84094894328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaxtongroup.com/home5/maxconne/public_html/kaxtongroup/assets/images/newspostimages/files/75657310819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/98662616821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/30391155329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141402a23a7d---vexegotuvegoduzomirovevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/41796967352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maudchristan.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72380917968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushi.com/uploads/files/64653480042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piphoto.tw/uploads/files/202109061146573205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca8cd44bbd3cf194f6abc9a721ac160/ninexakabavevufunorep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnsulod5rejbt3bgfaipfj1t99/34181719151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/xapotaderewezatimetezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352d34593a7---36395046394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandegroup.net/files/90280817234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixeruxulazowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventechsite.com/files/files/76342447468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/84969567142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/wesol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hide-bo.com/img/tmp/file/nolubevowolulepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=sqlite+manager+apkPDF link annotation
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38708633473.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_off0000e2f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F5 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 62f7fa66c1e99ca6af79f11663f3b3c9031b402214d3a3c073cbb1ff917389f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fadf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADF 19440 bytes
SHA-256: ba33cb9ca5954671262cee96a2500f05be15b4b35b146d647454b4d2799a0ab6
font_02_sfnt_off00012df8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1