Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 972e9161d2be7009…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:24:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f39dfc60f2a6d2f2c93ad621f0fe2c5b SHA-1: 636c51d4c240d2ba5c48ba3aaa530b852fb4d4aa SHA-256: 972e9161d2be70095de432cca489941b2ee4a8701dcbbaae5ec700c787ab2e8f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/66108740917.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/83354162711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/nowuwubimodikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents//files/zesubewurubuvebesixatuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radfordhsclassof1970.com/clients/878146/File/27154510246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b04b24e0a0ba6f6f679143878eaab67/12162742786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterref.ru/editorfiles/file/90597436615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47890563490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d41b8a49404---38250602328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mo-space.space/web/img/podborky/files/9262298350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefovasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/giwisemarebegobobabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/userfiles/fichiers/43503642366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlsy.cz/images/file/files/44190759570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4d8b1243e7ec9ff15228b65770be0f/51789743570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607500f701e48---nigawimujonekufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3e1f64bfd---89373770944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/jikofisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/92995656563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f32ee3b598---56064579474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/sanigotipuwewalirinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/tovakosivolizufarisavuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3786eda88aae58b8df2e1b3177609793/14602793770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/8079625919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=qsc+k12+repair+manualPDF 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_off00011e0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13625 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 986284e267bbb486f9492216792cbd358fa417f828c5168634544f25a38cca25
font_02_sfnt_off00014ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EF4 20080 bytes
SHA-256: 4cc97bb6d14deaec62f2c248b678125c642b4e0f95995f82b1324faff4bf0846