Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9462e8c4f1d17475…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:55:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 67e8dee88ff4cb21879f47e669e37278 SHA-1: f89d2c25a6a2fdde8f073e9c9b808c1ed4fdb0cf SHA-256: 9462e8c4f1d1747584060936c93b2201179305ef14399face7be9a0d2c77db56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43i5l5ic43j1a59n7nki1kmoq6/vojetuxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/82743610951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/jowurikizigerebofafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c1d69ef47---tutafijibujuvites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2adeac9cf---sifoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e795e82bc11c59563bcef4c5f01fa5c/62825432876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/jisawegodiwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/nijejakorobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olnilcc2t8so2ssbo6p2bnaprk/25802574402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetds.net/userfiles/file/16425211081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/32649117532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherdallo.com/file/jifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609892c5c1965---76415840999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e279ea23c0---vaduwuvofepufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosupurubanozejipawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/bugawarobizinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/tofefibusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd197ed8f35ed312c79ab5c52a989e5/35906223172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/7429688717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833d55987b7---zejeveramiromijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.monts.sk/upload_images/file/92871084031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a141e14d04c---xogeperamejebujukenebat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d57ea705c006d2b2454beaccbd3f9d0/dopozobova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brakos.it/file/mizavenagevuzasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxlustry.ru/img/upload/zagejumomaremoxivavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67f87d7bf12733ebb52fea380d1a11b/71550693977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dams+dermatology+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000c09d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC09D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B4 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 42fb50c13c4008b1f09e74d84675041bbd2589876686e0542a76cb9ea477e935
font_02_sfnt_off0000f196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF196 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 60f2506433db49a697b3db0c7cd7a3a431f02c761b94eb951db0aa627b980ab6