Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9281eb74a0d01aac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:22:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 59b18f62354a7d4841d99b89e258da6f SHA-1: 9c187334a2aff3729c3013a999aaa87efe186700 SHA-256: 9281eb74a0d01aac4e3d57393ff494ddae53856b6e7a818d5ea3bdf4e10e1627
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant 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 or download of a secondary payload, while the link farm aims to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddbss71qfn1vbvh9d7uequ7vm1/melobudakolo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/ruvoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/68114766859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93518d4a88---56189883390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovstav.cz/app/webroot/files/files/lodotilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d7a824574d794721afc46a84692f3e/90508553073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee1dd265aa3---totimesegiwosudolawekim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a848a8b286f---70653481294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/93012994945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54443220428f7f900f04be4bd5870842/3572227600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/41289649216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892eb7302cf---rawuvenuruwebojadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/tikawekepalidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84fe7206784e6ac291dd694bcdc350e/tanitarulazuluvikila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easresidence.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/85403240814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clerus.hu/files/file/74054776635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/tewotiletuxowezuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/40320691571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/kikujilagirij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71493622586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093069020757---40158769318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/5398135395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jm1v6kamffkf8mgbinff18d83/28315625573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/voranutanafodazamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pll+first+book+pdfPDF 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_off000183e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183E4 18332 bytes
SHA-256: b0a95756106f2e346e54b68163ba7af4d0319d55ce0c8eaad5db5808e87df6d2
font_01_sfnt_off0001b44d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B44D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001cc64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CC64 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 8ba48336ab01dca862098f9b197c136ec37e4a84ae2ae2ae4f807c5ccb0f948d