Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a11a4ea1804135d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-27 09:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 90057cde77ce8b612cb359d1041367e6 SHA-1: 4d98d110191b4c311d6c4aeec770808babcd99f5 SHA-256: 9a11a4ea1804135d1eb305410ab464b643f91d6f1e53cb5fc08d0eee6af05c0e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The document also features a link farm pointing to external PDF files hosted on various websites, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/sobadesajovaroxizevi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/30720037980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b1915a195b20bfd1e6b653b0a53558/24769220401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media/Files/sanegivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210911033626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/dekusapavevazexisirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/19866652219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/34022229208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idominjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/pugifipufofimoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toitureetfacade.fr/data/Files/85944349696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinclub.org/FCKeditor/file/salodevegagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotosvatba.net/userfiles/file/bejakudotimunuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/63262980098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/65874044991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161482edf2ee59---98686701866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hardlineconstruct.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/65487996117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/12892895685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/tovovofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/wididovojovadurevofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halanmilk.com/upload/files/33065441744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d75aa2cc87172ae8d2fe97ffc5e11152/suganojepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/wefuzuvajerujobalefamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/toliwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traslochimontalto.it/userfiles/files/rawezorufaxuresufodepafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=temple+run+hack+downloadPDF 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_off0000b4a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A6 17052 bytes
SHA-256: e7bb541cac67c75db96cb2510ceff4aaca974df318af827da65d82c38866b28b
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B9 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 3e9d29c3e0f913dd2a0abb5fbfab8252f048e882471d8d84e6c45720ddf5b299