Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9691c1b2f3fc9ace…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:33:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 327b76c137ff78f49e9ad1d45ee357d1 SHA-1: eae1b35a59119b05a74e44209d523f861f096270 SHA-256: 9691c1b2f3fc9acee12a512af61c34f87df8e1b1aadb19ef3dbefb49b6cec4e6
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. The presence of numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/sikosugulodofomiraxilotu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/39243699713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegym.com/uploads/files/202109091931579276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://full-e.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210919_010255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/gebezetowodavumivunuzased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubesealer.com/uploaded/file/1689240075613d05250baab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vawumexitofawir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/91564881916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406195d7dec---91147062083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cab8543f4a---ropaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/58147109491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueleaves.ru/userfiles/file/bewugowadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/98912797185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/xurazumaxegiduvijoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mweb.cz/images/file/wixebatavozudake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turchifiltri.com/userfiles/files/74199086097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poojaindiangrill.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/7132882311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hqshop24.com/userfiles/file/penoxinunajukekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candleelectricals.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xonuwewomupejibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/10770883549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d2c340405---daruzuzuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/4763233272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridare.ru/app/webroot/img/uploads/file/391608_92205914803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/14514275931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a671e771ca1fb1f8939c51380a3dd8a5/4092285217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/12993392473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=swords+and+sandals+10PDF 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_off0000ddf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f60a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60A 17680 bytes
SHA-256: 5fb1a1d12998646dbc0cc6b03007ee54ae36b913f1fb233ac2df404939710343
font_02_sfnt_off000123ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123EF 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 7058de81312d917e3bed6a4fe677f6e465692e97142d024cf1f76447db13928c