Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9380fdd7167d417b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 12:23:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 57b0eb2967de85b80aeae6011b780915 SHA-1: e1e34a3b22c35c26dc4eb05b46142c5b1aa08658 SHA-256: 9380fdd7167d417bf3a12875d4a172522cc4431de6d3b3cd957b734f162c9134
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to execute further malicious actions or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67234bf4ff1437712c5ccce07659b7d9/fapabusoxupi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://songiadahoaian.com/upload/ck/files/tagewogizowirugesurikupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmcd7eks2q4qv06v40t1pmkbpd/21515422399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/jeratazuxopirogivup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/85438773015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acf2976184---fexuwotesimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/somaxasipegulawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5cf8ccdc1---famikozubifabipomaxuzorik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a4dad967c---sitoxasuzupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a2faad8f8b726131621221f269af57b/xejujinapobuzolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/46760093397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcepffqq71li2n2fna12ogpmqe/bowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/bizuminiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace9d066b15---59286152305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohvtm6e02tn4g7i53f4jfgv4h4/nosavugifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98b1ee9755---87547754168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724fb674b0b---teduvita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jnhornfsft0gptpqnbjv91537/99800630304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eo0al5a3b8s2tplu1appud5c4q/tiwapuzifapotegekoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779d70c4dae---tufuvelopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/99711697815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44c7e6af2e82626bc01a46fa3ffa1ae/55820822148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/93821280679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/53389301549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=preamble+in+a+sentencePDF 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_off000111dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DD 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 953907e526eb6fb40ffa50eea280b2649b3d38eb0bf17b03840adb85aeb8b110
font_01_sfnt_off00013fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000157db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157DB 10412 bytes
SHA-256: b9c2ad3a5383d20acbc810bf76d9ed79696d9bd43dfca01d20411064343e81cf