Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9514e4f31db6290d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:48:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a3ffc4fcc6748e38d68d41c4637b542b SHA-1: 853d1b7b900641a5887a7e5567359d2fbd160eb4 SHA-256: 9514e4f31db6290dda5592a852541b3a11440c610b3ba718e5c3309c7deb6cc3
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 PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9bbd02933a---89513010320.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f419f19774a---3863972986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8882e4638ce0429f6721024d15de9687/80650802428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/4791974443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118ed929bd5f---80029967688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/vadupezuxibudibixubufuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/526efa319421e12a3cf1ce79a9048fb7/29942668983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t251gt1l8ufgbdlnaom7r71f8e/9485806058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/liwebilosovekevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47c0e3c8656f6ec121ac2dab5e361f75/gufoxujitotafapifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profil-metall.de/content/uploads/file/53919589699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvtanu8cn26iroe25elire6u23/48578252244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/23530261787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50305841190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5non2vj164547i3q019u98jia3/tijudivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/degiropibibuberijukiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1jtmodg73br9ricsa0rm6u39f/56273578396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/20225345546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4s75p7g57bv21s4ii05l7ic0l/lugigefulesakuwijerizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/8656253966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/tevomivisosamaxilivudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161134c8cb2e26---nitig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79119938736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/mirurefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssp.by/var/upload/35400111126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/pepolejinipodumajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+story+of+the+fourth+wise+man+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_off0001062e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1062E 20856 bytes
SHA-256: 40e26be23d454d38aa9f550e2c9a1ca109b6e1a52fd504654d51be47e5576ed6
font_01_sfnt_off00013b59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15370 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 5bf25e463a1b8725f7d1088a045e18ac00a8dc9013c602878ed972e966f741d5