Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a466749bbb55d9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-30 10:12:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 19b50dae8727397b8a076448c4ea5897 SHA-1: 1874fa57563c5ae5203a51c3b3d9cb6c244e0610 SHA-256: 9a466749bbb55d9decc8c324d9ff0459a396deb3af61a376bd1e5271f296f6ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a tactic to distribute malicious links or manipulate search engine results. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+city+hack+mod+menu PDF link annotation
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/36830888844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a64bcb6e10ebbd6cda8926bbcf4cc184/247784409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edeins.com/userfiles/file/zawebupaguvisivum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fdconsult.qa/public/uploads/cms_files/loduboziraredegivododibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23163027143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmorshomecareassociates.org/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/96924632838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210923_182457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnationwide.com/userfiles/files/wabitifarotodupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdprescription.com/ci/userfiles/files/jabegaxijuwosolunofavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoachattn.com/image/files/lerujodireremiziger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bogeduzujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/sititexejezorikurepipomas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huabulaw.com/uploadpic/2021-9/file/2021090701532773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investir-petroleo.pt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nulanexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavetupubij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juncheng.tw/upload/files/jutiriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12786348386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/zujimiriris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140545571a5f---zusokusikibines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortwashington.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/46721873220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tojilezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/fagevenapudogixedukofobik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/faduvalasumexatevizije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/45162350602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fb5c3df24881a7571e2c89a9db677ce/48413110615.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_off0000b23e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB23E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA55 10912 bytes
SHA-256: c83ed6407fabba865b2f9e45b77cd057a0936792781f28b14e92ca3ef7807f88
font_02_sfnt_off0000e332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE332 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 4f792c6fce89dacf76e92f2521ceeb6f59571f0465214acb12d6f67ff8436306