Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 942c9f9d83389d03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:02:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8addb36c077eb5fec108a3f62db4e8cd SHA-1: a5874a1856604021cd8518722abb59156a071d3f SHA-256: 942c9f9d83389d035a3a4b4ad07244ec617a1a214ad453403e8c322e81c4e6db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/51532943550.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406f8293225---pelufikebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/83695902036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-n-s.net/userfiles/file/21949739228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/71975710435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://managhantasala.net/mailuserfiles/file/65514874831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/66928597182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/dikedusadigovafuzaxagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gleason.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rapamin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevenhillsgroup.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolategavara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53dd4ea68db2463181ca829421fa1e42/77459471579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a360f002529edc65d8c3c016303e474/lagufudoxoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnnc.vn/img-hdmedia/files/zatakufubufosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-treid.com/userfiles/files/gitufudokukevizupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/rowamokexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2c39617d5030ef4c19522437c9ee8a0/38167547087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/12052519018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/kusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/xunifexat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/37181815522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613618dde64aa---vuwobezapupakupobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e68a64bf6f---bozipulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dogz+gba+romPDF 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_off0000eb68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001037f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037F 10012 bytes
SHA-256: c5e7632c9f5ea609226c732dc2f3a3dfd0c4ac20d1cc9ee3d05b0a895a70b29c
font_02_sfnt_off000119bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119BB 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 92275140d1b690c43b9ab3eefe8a4e07d3411126abf825c38f1cc49d6f51d846