Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a5cff3736d118b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 10:33:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 46b423562ad354e54f7915a380af6dcc SHA-1: 51de5b874add812568ccd6c9d0c6b4e7f52942a6 SHA-256: 9a5cff3736d118b39c09da29dea2763e7b27736aae4fea0571773e0846d039d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efbb7026b2---zabis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210607183053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5faf39aea83dae1fdb2a627f4d23fac/30666450603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/31911445230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b254aea3c8dc64fc69030b533817d34/jonazogojikoduwutokelov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/11203706900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8336ibsjp8t4qkfs3rditodc7/kijixularenigakivebusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db79e66d960a83f8a06b4629603ffadb/80287170910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0432c4a1d9---83758695711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6f4b3abbf3fded8763b9ce7fbe100c/80202249350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/63040574427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/37054638626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f93dbfe37a793e3572571f394b31199d/69678343972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sj15131qj3rt7iu5ehftq481f/76074797195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/zituruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/888568176e8bf2bf50c5cc613ccbd0e1/wepexorogokaloze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27652258009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t4qs3hg9gkvpn05jrdabdig07/wovomedufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents//files/53575571029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ee5451d13---podemavizozifafudojijimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/fojupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210718163535_1mp9f7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5b714ff492728bbc14848081ecd94f1/zuwelozemaronanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92020001135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=unit+7+exponential+and+logarithmic+functions+worksheet+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000da50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF262 17232 bytes
SHA-256: c99b4e8dfe1380f0c20c87fe86ea14629906dd2f9748b7c7a4cfcdca6d6953b7
font_02_sfnt_off00011f77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F77 11616 bytes
SHA-256: 57eac96b58b86f45c9d10a6fa0e3cbede599f770439d3fee9b514c400c974581