Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9208a6e5763a1243…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-08-23 16:09:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 37525a932c58eeb75e7883c49a41da2c SHA-1: 68ef30fdc53b7ba8ac090c2c1660cd4d9f44620c SHA-256: 9208a6e5763a12437b5a419f05a846ddc7b48bfa2c57ab15593f9fec6c526870
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are presented as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bouts+of+frenzy PDF link annotation
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40c005d55e---daguwerepuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/360ca690f5f67c34bac879ec00496fb4/36398361251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ffdf75584---tilefobevudogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2838d59b1---488289544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97536338506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/masuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161185b48579b0---35625423509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c134f845e07e88b6a38b8b86ffcb7b1/168719416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/9373811602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakerfamreunion.com/clients/1/13/13be4b03bdabdd3a133c3ee64ed6201b/File/ximizeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c76412f231e8ede60e82d78aac15837/vipujetugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromata.ru/upload/files/vurisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3379b41065960cea5e8513d85020fc33/velusixiwakagitumenaxutub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/lemamulefafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5b51c491e---barujoziwobunima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxixolojupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/tupased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467577f7f63346434e7aa58a8e151ba0/wifutixebarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbf955695c1bcfde432775bf461f453b/63521113235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/lozoxoludamagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikakejonabozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8273e3da230f2dc80d250ec5af72cccb/74380907800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/def7525248f908ff33d15cc624d728dc/62719332611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/94362763407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigdoughpizza.com/uploads/files/31825307508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab6779a85a---52023274677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/72443002960.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off0000e418.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xE418 19200 bytes
SHA-256: a2d573020f46a7b7b614935eb88c22f220dffae4c736c9b05b8794d1b6b47022
font_01_sfnt_off0001038b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038B 18092 bytes
SHA-256: f7ad093944749e4206e84e59bf7df9f61f6c9b7464daa3e714550f9d6feed3f3
font_02_sfnt_off000130e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E7 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 31222f47d391bf9439f03f03eb24c2c83bdfa51b5bcb20b3e96aceb505d8e9de
font_03_sfnt_off00014832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14832 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1