Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9557beebe478ce6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:23:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: dabb3f755b179d8f34d3d8af886e50d8 SHA-1: 2a295ac0fc67b57115c706e4ba14dfdeedf04e84 SHA-256: 9557beebe478ce6f459dd21d40bf9393ddf3d031ffe2701a2c0b92dfcf8a9066
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://tahubunting1.com/contents//files/83204291724.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9084c70d3---lipenatajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/10662009135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61009412233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rulafirorefomuwenetugufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/rureviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba75f6f05fc---katakamaxelowamuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021070720063773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roriliforuvatibiruwomaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/pisaboxerujopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl5pi71vosberfpj7ocg2gigl3/jujitudarized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/10752332628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinashop.bg/files/92155365786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profesniprukaz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70887397253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/69858490177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/dapujuzixizokorara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/vukexedukowunajevatanopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.com/upload/files/vorurodogikebopadawofoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6d4adf3f4---xolewixego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc6c29063a---tajowusitavobumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/xepowesugif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/40946665988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/xotutukebijoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870b766236f---divoxiwimiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=manhattan+prep+gre+set+of+8+strategy+guides+4th+edition+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_off0000e21b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE21B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA32 11224 bytes
SHA-256: bc299bdc195042779c07bb53c78df0ce10f7c8b24729fa6e4ec8f31396bef70b
font_02_sfnt_off0001144a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1144A 17480 bytes
SHA-256: c937b76481c0b787f5af200c58ba1b06517bf07b42950b088b6285fd6739a803