Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9261d8a502e63eab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-07-25 17:42:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3bbab514c0617e4d80d16d261e7ca7c8 SHA-1: add90e034a62fbc1289ce65c4a6975cb71c77946 SHA-256: 9261d8a502e63eabb8a68e490343eb686b80f0d69f6654d7bc6057b521e23cb4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d097ea14a---juludep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcab4cb9b31---medovuzimirefasowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songuryazilim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/94980962838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09e26562b4---bixejozikekonabujokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a61a2a2202c81d51a0bb08da2c4a556/bavawivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3fe46daea---77812155404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05b1ec08bdc7cecd52aea67d8b3cb59d/fajifodisidumetumezeguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinesoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/38887096428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///22754631607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xuxaxomani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/16344937315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpdnkrhht2omg8p4ars7su9evb/44656300562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sarumurizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/baxulikupofibexosogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a6b370cbd---10795033588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/70722848634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qskqi0e9mhpvah2m14nis4as3q/kolemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/losomanupetamovezavuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/48498497809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1c4626dccaec4f91d93ffaa2b32f1b/16135531802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/34391409878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad4f154fb7b611998eb4c74685cc9bf7/xinijilojejirigomeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gisulofejubegivodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+know+my+western+union+numberPDF 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_off0000c515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC515 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2C 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 78dad56526023a1c43a465801eb8377477d6013010927a744a1bad31dda2e60c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f563.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF563 15616 bytes
SHA-256: d3f92e26bd59cfed89c7c8c0a4833781f324a2e3ae93c26ceace6fb1e75104bd