Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9462fec066214407…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:14:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8d3bb8aacc936637934288d563aac8db SHA-1: 21d348c0cad74abadd440e9c14f42fae0e4dc49f SHA-256: 9462fec06621440746768f11c66ec4adf0261bbf46a17422ed5f88951b26605e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, suggesting it may be used to redirect users or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://pacpartner.net/images_client/imagesfile/kubupaxoku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butarajuxexeteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33127923144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreambeauty.kr/upload/fckeditor/file/95641145752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/71850708958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1544-7419.net/upload/fckeditor/file/97275687402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202109080803542866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaors.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/80000031838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruta.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rapadawavafefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/97858013757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxlinder.com/admin/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadimejefififozemexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130233edde6d---4768689248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/83925042294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359290b7d3d---41792783736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17701212058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtrinhnhaviet.vn/upload/files/63380920663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/wukufagarofufawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46165982951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adrfarysz.pl/userfiles/file/13478433966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614073886bc6f---vefutokokokebinapup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marupyara.com/fotos/userfiles/file/pisagelujokivorewetil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/kumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/95895459770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/95166064794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+astro+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000f1ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FE 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 33c74e3e1b3bcb7c9f66af1729371e4b9aae7d80d49dba1553369c376fe9b39f
font_02_sfnt_off00013792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13792 10624 bytes
SHA-256: f11b0c018025bf97d09d45abd74423b4c4747e419bd8a0648c3170a9643af4c4