Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a74fb600de893bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 20:49:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d1f74a7ece08e71cbb9c4b98fcee19c2 SHA-1: e6a7e2cec2df1f9c698fc12de6198907792998e5 SHA-256: 9a74fb600de893bca61749c9bd7e18b3bffbaad8c232a9e231c6f2df4c5f9373
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites or facilitating further compromise. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://laser123.com/geektic/files/3246325108.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/woxisobironemorelipuzani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078cb512fb12---71078225063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/70378475622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b232671c8---56114772629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/roputonufejuxobavukebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/94586758240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvp0smfvriq603nlob3os5shpm/60358182210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad3802ee48---kivanizimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changdahk.com/upload/46779564192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/memos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/vuputikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owtsreunion.com/clients/e/e7/e717deb27d844c69ffc49b2d3c0bb1a5/File/rulosuniravurodawogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2ivvant7fvea54mg2j78i3ctj/91531164782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b08de3c583---nuzefisafexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b34ef040cfab2b28f70fca74e9f431c/kowopugigadobaxufudiburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/detaderawisifogusuvofekal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/39170134119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099af4bc98ab---73662054277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4nhnu051ka2em0bbu1mrj7sk2/14348812426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///lumisila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/tabokopunaramowasupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/30002858475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+story+of+king+uzziahPDF 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_off0001111c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001292e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1292E 17516 bytes
SHA-256: d77aa13f044fc346c33e4e55eec5369901fb9eb374c7d10c17b9804331329396
font_02_sfnt_off00015679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15679 10776 bytes
SHA-256: e4e17b8f273282c51b8b19c83cd7c6f841fae50bd202885a59c158fbf3de2598