Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9530ed4f94f2ac3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-04 23:34:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8f60bfd62ca792a870149659c50e5964 SHA-1: 9c0d07215eb272a218dc3386b9bfdc6f798339f9 SHA-256: 9530ed4f94f2ac3f8510f4898b487c87872211439f0265bac107a7a23331f8ee
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. Additionally, numerous URLs were found, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further stages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbc9f04f8b---xusitefozunasesakubenibe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9af7804a97---zadimajufevizotobedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58661406591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab63b0d391f462155129c90d680fea3/992750549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpsh1980.com/clients/7/7d/7de5299bd6bdc19cdd6b275c058e9c4a/File/10838011253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e7b936088---sadodaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejitukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ec238b9d1---35560725982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinivideo.hu/sites/infinivideo/files/24384951268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasegimisunifibiselepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/fomelesafofumunolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uu7jb21bg4hdgk9cikde1ovt5/24718815723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a445d9d7c0---dinupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/funazaligajoduxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///75553543662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ce4d28967d240d5eab64099c71980b/21018764823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1aa6d675be4a62ba1a6eb7fdc27ea16/jorotirewagimokivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f1b575d3b92e736003a8daffbb8d459/tovumuzonevagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fiekq4b83fap4nd074g3aemh6o/tibexinotoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dc81b338d552e0a317bc32b71b21130/ligafoxesitomesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeb1p8c68atrdpdcsujed2qgc0/31367628380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airlineclassof66reunion.com/clients/c/cb/cb51827d251551eca15067b3b23580a4/File/daponaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/navewitajonafonuxapesilej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tighten+elastic+on+shoesPDF 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_off0000ec56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001046d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046D 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 1601ce2f682d73c174cba5fa90616d0580994df0ae3eebba505d6dff596ce553
font_02_sfnt_off00011c45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C45 16332 bytes
SHA-256: 822eff62ca173afffa3bb5c09e1b77cc97a9cca42ad1958b4d77428be462877a