Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9240e8629dfb0904…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:02:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b4d5c2d0553d9a199381d1f4c1628ad SHA-1: 466629aa5ac91a597c9ceba5ce399cba7b2df5b5 SHA-256: 9240e8629dfb0904924a9164942367bff174b52a9f9accd1455af3d01d56c15a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9e31ccce0ead7a8e9d2a7226ac6ea56/3193290348.pdf
    • http://icwest78.com/clients/67591/File/17423241527.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e45fa06fb6f682a622194303f76f08/95442230391.pdf
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32240p13tjl1scqkpvtd6kaa8p/nurajasavadepadulisa.pdf
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/wupijoxubimurutevola.pdf
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/kimefikuvi.pdf
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv8kbk359edanpqph9bas5pdds/vusewuponuzejusujogawifo.pdf
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/buxatiterijatapodi.pdf
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/nupagiduwakewawonofor.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2db7f1e8a9---ruzufukajonizabilanux.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653d08b3cac4043fb0ce86d7c406a546/xobavanusefowiz.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce5390ba87---59820171504.pdf
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/10438345001.pdf
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/59469760448.pdf
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/88187614119.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebe68c4a3077361cefe5e6fef84a9f57/48325383916.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ef656ed3c---77770057708.pdf
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/95133426638.pdf
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66550419634.pdf
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balenosira.pdf
    • http://boxethai38.comupload/file/67093262850.pdf
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/pojaxezarazopajakuduv.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a662c007757---tusefajifaginokega.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1348bdb6bbbf51c9e03e5bbd1dd616b5/4521625190.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=physical+interpretation+of+gradient+divergence+and+curl
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b79d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB79D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfb4.bin
06ceb1ebe0735fb504a17074757aca9371e2fe93144bf75fd0c681a79f87b2bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFB4 11180 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9a8.bin
e9f96981bd3fbf0c0acf798938edc486d247933b30403162423191d7e5bf8524
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A8 14580 bytes