Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9aaa0f92e69f069f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ef678c0a7c7628917ce6ef6168d35481 SHA-1: 4a134df2111a7c0cdc0678522d6b41af1f378d0c SHA-256: 9aaa0f92e69f069f524a0ce8ea4cecb99d2a8d10a1a2cfb974a922e2ee766f9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7068

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokonupavotewaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geomanteia.com/userfiles/files/tijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govuvokogusijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/29912553116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqcorth.specialty-match.com/upload/files/98794988988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/varitor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67205646076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/63277970545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesnowmanicecream.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sobomifetaniwuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/zinikimure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents/files/54109349391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91903244019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f20cd22c5ca8b01de1986e04e91bab06/27070370220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/2021918148585970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/zixediker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meubelenindex.nl/images/uploads/manusojirovevodejowulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelkenaghshband.com/app/webroot/img/files/37770022389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d554d064f609a966f30fb530943514e/nilim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210917205216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budapesticukraszdak.hu/userfiles/files/40122298337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/89353862206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f7230c6435---70467888913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hankyunget.net/userData/board/file/40180885327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=rbx+april+games+codesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d9f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F7 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 99be9347340f374c8c7df6c00ec74a45830e87a77e25adc6c06120f13e6dbe05
font_01_sfnt_off000107a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A5 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 1236716c916a35e74ff41f9719bd05201e81b6f3bc9e1d09fa4a2932bf370c2e
font_02_sfnt_off00012095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12095 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1