Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9304da4d40229e40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 16:10:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6233d30c28740f32cfbcee93e4c0c364 SHA-1: eb110f8643472b46128ff52dc831cd949abc91a2 SHA-256: 9304da4d40229e406e747660877bd16932783fe5109dcc07cf2ec369aed32bfc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://progin.swiss/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20717389037.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/zepinozitogoxoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feba7e08f0b1d648860d14b6a21dd43b/mapibupadagobodakavazemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/62830822919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c271bee35---74712395558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55495548970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/72281204944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcity.hu/ufiles/file/93021838255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b2dvd4e911cpd2kv5p43r5pk3/57364813022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b298dd6d21c7f136ea5811a7f69f8ce/zaragokeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081593649f49---retajosevewipidugalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nagsa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17012705876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bb825c7bce7369faa077ce431ea7bf7/velimibonupegepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/sefobebudapexojinup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://townofwinslowin.com/flash/townofwinslowin.com/file/sisowoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/nezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qghqnvvcuibbiabopgnv5ndgc/67181018241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/1473253563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871fd65d1da---wujoninezajugazetesirimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6836932679147e82a75c08bfdca367d/82889141221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/61111283223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compow.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zeranofeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/86765077889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tara77.com/clients/46590/File/livugopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=dise%C3%B1o+simplificado+de+concreto+reforzado+harry+parkerPDF 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_off000113d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012be7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE7 11360 bytes
SHA-256: e18bdf2dbaaae7cf3556c94a2ed089ec92c07de021d70d1a75dfed730d21a30c
font_02_sfnt_off0001463d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1463D 19180 bytes
SHA-256: ca0ea2984907ab4e3647d3213521dd1e661f41f0d270cf5303873f9915aada7f