Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9374530405b1fcf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 06:24:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4f6e7aa62dae0bb3e96d808e438e6260 SHA-1: 41c8e6e1130e62763d38edc0ed41336325ec1daf SHA-256: 9374530405b1fcf0aba3492d839d48cd19614b8e393519ba6d5874810a54f0e0
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 executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=huawei+mate+10+android+update PDF link annotation
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9be6e6038---52380214202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210622200557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89019141797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/58075119928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armandofalconi.net/userfiles/file/sitefebufuzedewumanogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpecargo.com/userfiles/file/25657845388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608701a4f4163---famitevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f75ac936170c09bad0edd9c14d7dbe0c/wewovovozupimesonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orhs76reunion.com/clients/30721/File/218922937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/kibilinezulosuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlinggreenhsclassof66.com/clients/b/bd/bdf8ab256cd88a603fc2b95a051c5839/File/kexatadituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/kefapadabijomozumaxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti//usr/foto/files/diwigufatugipuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danguykhoidoanhnghiephp.vn/Upload/files/4472847345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57496ebb58981a0c4f6ba6cd3c28e698/27569489309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/53878546399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/23887327803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a738396faaa---92402057720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37448855133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8746ad5a36---fusidinikefetob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/082e4621b084afbe5094a588a909f3f9/momivogagepiwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760aac451e8---40542087695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a335df6c0c6---80634348746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/fifuseru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e3f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F7 17200 bytes
SHA-256: db1e0de3f82329f9b102903cdb1aa344fb2cb9df7c0e92d1ee98a6ae73a5f827
font_01_sfnt_off000110cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CB 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd5638b8c3007454fe223a76ac168e1204de1ef83963b4f7230c898966d1023
font_02_sfnt_off00012944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12944 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1