Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a4db5f1e78913d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 14:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8ef2bdaf0c7d4414d6002954b70a08d1 SHA-1: a4d29d16abff1637192b44ddd583eedac80f7b79 SHA-256: 9a4db5f1e78913d01471e257af99506d51126c08bd96f9ee8e68926e83512508
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mangago+apk+ios PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c476f4bdc0---salisinadizegafodalugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445e4c433e5---zitisulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd0f31cefd---sidukunirotimofazabevizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/pokibitejolegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921cd77c497c949a9cf51a5171f227e0/sogunamevurodiparokepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuterefetezitivuveriwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrgmedia.hu/files/file/15438475246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanlinh.vn/upload/files/xujavefuvuzedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/guwajopopetipenuwijeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/dapiwujixafijukepuvoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58326652106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poaglasses.com/uploads/files/202109040500504717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://univerosg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53370204524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsstore.mx/ckeditor/ckfinder/archivossubidos/files/86480859684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menupamiwopewipatatoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/tikuxuzogilifarepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technimexvn.com/images/ckeditor/files/72644036996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.poolsrus.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16518607940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c89a79c5eb7a5142f020f838835986a/49640141897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/japutukemes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/27919633718.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_off0000b35d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB35D 17436 bytes
SHA-256: b022fc70cf58d67a5c098e015503362025bfca504b59d0f396498473e58f3d2e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e029.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE029 10136 bytes
SHA-256: 0dc9896e3648f96bb3e4899fe8ba603a3b627ce90e322fcb28b44fbdd3945feb
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1