Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9846a60868630a09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:01:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 14a85477c7e009920a384dc63276288e SHA-1: 40ae786dbe2ea9760cdd44672a6a794fdca6a416 SHA-256: 9846a60868630a098c4cb9149b9439ee6fce0cb92d838fa800909ddc312a8189
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/5549542075.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/23764464580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161262f9a5b0b2---12023737094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f74bc743a6e39121f145e3266a59bede/fabanubomupilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/37829866202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rq4jvblgtaslq4b43rvvdm1r1/55833088921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingzhicc.com/userfiles/files/77926224923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0nsdll5gepvvk10098jmaamp2/1420940599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f291c69dc2c3547a423475b70f4602ed/jojixukalotigujibodosixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b739bb0f375---rifabudojofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/powuxinuberix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/fidagugewarowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610035726023c---59833707726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a6d9e8d68---puvoxoviboguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/76834776660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1536e6090---dinubiwaxaxumojepuwuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalizacja-gps.pl/userfiles/file/sofiwuregeketubakojaduboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b307bad30d07c7d153f8c6a5279ee7a4/29486275670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845cd233589---lunumirinodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movesearchesuk.com/userfiles/file/91155713137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112a1ee8ce60---tisaratekolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlandpark.com/uploads/files/vunudomuwolixenimitagari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/sisuvemusagukugazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/65887087793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79491442772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=physical+education+lab+manual+class+11+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_off0000c931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC931 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE143 15984 bytes
SHA-256: f846e7042937a48b56d64de9e3ca49f264c9939c95afa08e7a8f9152e1b13f10
font_02_sfnt_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 11192 bytes
SHA-256: cd81ff575ffa20dd5504372b207b6ae86ac9fb7b123b7ba9d28889723b7677db