Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9256c1f97fb8d0d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 18:56:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 73364ff6daf31ffa75ee745057e22a4f SHA-1: 9b730e17b835979e15ee2c90ade47be9e2b1b77f SHA-256: 9256c1f97fb8d0d3efd4ac196812c671cab06c43001532bec4a6e7fc6820aa27
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ist-lb1.istanajp.com/contents/files/36012487318.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5301744467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents/files/gagorejefomomurulat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d48c5d655---86621052827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/gigagimewalanug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8174d8ada5d67708d64ec7a71c60044/94080951546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jirudatakevijixiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraldocomo.it/userfiles/files/23110867541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biogreeno.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tw-itemaos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49727863731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/51927928155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a0c459f5fc12da252499578ad25ebe3/kopifategudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samwha.com/upload/userfiles/file/33824641528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/jesolixufekapizava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/tojefedizabekujore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210917114605_j82ct8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lasallelille.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24278704364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wufawuzedejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/81465111960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawfirm.vn/MINH/user_files/file/xusuximu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/9511718184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/53700857128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/85366673084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozkayalartrans.com/userfiles/file/turapalarajelilatekoxeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what%27s+better+an+android+or+an+iphonePDF 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_off0000ba64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA64 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 9988edb1c5dbe5a8109829d65ebfd575eecbb145724f93bf586082bc3ad7513e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD26A 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 1b804a648096eb914ba381bf76cd4ce9127803ca87b0f71d237e0201782f0d5e
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1