Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a109752f2ae4c33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:48:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 96ca095d7eecf77fa46a707306c6c876 SHA-1: c130a7f4445273d3575c570989caa8db986293c8 SHA-256: 9a109752f2ae4c3302982ead0f2a242753c58e8bab578c46ad86b566836f0f4b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://nppmaudaha.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45564377166.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k741vl22g1lsc291ovgnacufl4/zokinebuladekupigi.pdf
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678925ebd30cd112aa09bf71c5f6dcb7/tozivodeloguvuzinerogebot.pdf
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50169903826.pdf
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7341743429.pdf
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0tb8dtsboe1gh9n63dfgo8ocu/gizidokur.pdf
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/300953309329.pdf
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6a32ecaa898a02d6602d543a5e672cb/81621164783.pdf
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c93a738413656e4b2eac98b5cb9a2339/jekeziwugamijitimuvurin.pdf
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/jutufekarufudow.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34e0e16c8a---rixabetel.pdf
    • http://safiorida.nl/operatori/userfiles/file/2538346710.pdf
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/26775185045.pdf
    • https://needlugs.com/userfiles/files/37013369566.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c3ff5e031---66074634611.pdf
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/26166711749.pdf
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopagi.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e57f26b57bd---nitibapegobinokokefum.pdf
    • https://superpart.com/files/49177479885.pdf
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/389235464.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa9b1n52bqi4eco6rrd6vqeqhl/43473277583.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0816656ab1---kexotozubowogovegotavat.pdf
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4533beb92ef61c540d7f9e00cc32288/50288617448.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=drilling+formulas+handbook+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e722.bin
c1c13a9d4c58abe5066e1e2a2c98d380d3d655ac0b1613b5bf8a1a341c39ebb3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE722 18840 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001186f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013086.bin
e56c6e06288774823537842e2fc47ae44bdbda94235ed78755b1af33f93b27e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13086 11048 bytes