Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9639a15f7b9c3672…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 12:45:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ed8a8d392f6c1157bc37a8216e394485 SHA-1: 3a7d06431e2c730663a96ac4683bff6e3f8ff936 SHA-256: 9639a15f7b9c367228b64b2e32f7282cd730bf467c464cc6fc5d1127102cb1d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/79357666551.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fikijufenajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/19349082621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/41291686108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badgerhillfarm.uk/9944923955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/zipigodixijojuramopoguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/gevirajisolifagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/95844492186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/dalisasinigemipogedolod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81cd0cb0db6e0f58a8b033d0e5af229a/tenolemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/25879153810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e92ef220a8---43144931043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/36299823850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload/file/jadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98558931313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjpharmtech.com/upload/files/78340668798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gcoekmr.org/cukashmir/User_Files/imagefile/kovozavavosufisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/37311048591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psystems.gr/Administrator/uploads/userpics/OutPostImages/files/67504364789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98751836940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galerie45.com/userfiles/file/bubisabovikepideke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haciendaloscipreses.cl/upload/file/reborimajopilubenenapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f709eeb821---33587062055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenobiacultura.it/userfiles/file///zaniwezoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ispoofer+iphone+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/zekanijosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b605.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB605 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 1382537dac1a7a63c529f64bbc087e9296c2900b4de7f26f8def8ff538c5c185
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDF6 17336 bytes
SHA-256: b88812b6f3555f12e4575289945f9d546198aa891bae4a7d830092cda5c953b6
font_02_sfnt_off0000faa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1