Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9992c991f8a22640…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:07:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2431698875ff49446236374413c2aab8 SHA-1: 1b9101ebd4b1f5ececc3d617a0e77eedfcd2b3b7 SHA-256: 9992c991f8a22640e075c165b420c5b4d838e955f76ffcbf98adc9a20f29554d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links. Many of these links point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate a malicious phishing or trojan payload. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rising+and+falling+intonation+quiz+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents//files/27705829526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f68048c0916---81557540995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9a78e8f03---17517544609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/morabuladuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4765300870---677937399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/kotidesatofojawesazaguwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagyberki.hu/sites/default/files/fck_uploads/file/17902923910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee2ea4e7cc---30304584814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobas.cz/userfiles/file/pezilakozumijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/11169560121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ed0d453a2---tifilopanekowadareruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57612aff80---346418461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himarco.ir/basefile/himarcoir/files/rusalarotuxedukizinufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/62629011957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/bilukozilamasunufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5f000edb7a---35164414021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/topunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edff513cc87---92508590630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094acf258080---zonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab5a1b3f91dda1418145f7651668d37f/jaliradan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leposeur.fr/site/upload/ckfinder/files/4665751907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa8u00l3d8m6roqjepavl9gsp/deninunipuzowakakukogodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/77480210210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070db58f2441---divolejidibixonusafebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838830bbd33---tododaneloxasejitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89863382538.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_off0000d94f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94F 18612 bytes
SHA-256: e80ae5aee382eeebd4782e7cb58ee0f86487cf7ffe030f721bfe7aeae37a439c
font_01_sfnt_off00010982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10982 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 0eb5eacfc0a8654ad9b901815bcc37e8a42c748e1793f5d395327234573141dd
font_02_sfnt_off000121fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1