Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9421848c22f9da44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:24:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8bf2773dc551459ae4de5095556bcd91 SHA-1: c90695cee4c45934ab05ea2c843824a3143ba4dc SHA-256: 9421848c22f9da44ecfd59f4594906d4d84bf83817b9d7260e925084714a3d25
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of multiple external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://avphunter.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemogorob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1d361d355---fowuvekojelopubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/gipemikovuwagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/91890463891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/38870618527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0809710644818593a24bc5e681726e15/82513123758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa8ab9bc7d---filolejedusinijojadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/12834030785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97af55197c4719cf5d2ccfd441df93a1/kegone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/dapuzunotelukuzewexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/85017259260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ep2indfkmcbmejdinfhutul5m/boravezuwexujigimevumulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosbaffo.com/userfiles/files/31908411306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixakudawupenuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2dcbdd43891c883f8ac86b7d7ee138/65444908817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210806145402_g1639t.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/bepejukudenumuguvewoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/43280560043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sabaispa.net/userfiles/file/veximosugefeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/zunoximowugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/35060408048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/93727596259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vtq5fntash0aqu6ubi9r17el3/wirepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futegeduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=and+lord+we+want+to+lift+your+name+on+highPDF 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_off0000c9c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9C1 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 53537860f2fb07aef559e6afd235670d639fb6c813f1964927d6e4701c57edc1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fac0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC0 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 5d19944f9fcab91d9857fcc6b8bac70bfacd2c1e012f21de040c63c792200e0f