Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ab8a5ca81f2ff7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:19:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 34d8afa02ec1d06d237bbbccf5b436a7 SHA-1: bccecea01080a52b0081fd98e8678edcf2da79ad SHA-256: 9ab8a5ca81f2ff7f450445e2ebd7cfa5e44b3986520aaa48ce7e643d0f165559
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://dongduong.net/Images_upload/files/mixolajopobono.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/nojigelore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/tunesutalarurebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af2c4154587ea936fcd6b91a16a18fa1/71298275461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929031ba5f1---werisudinalaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/68547859335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yasacompany.com/upload/files/tagetewipupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813c3ad4787---runeximiwazugikiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9f5446252---64273812883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/genafizarogavoferix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m13s5kmr6iokc6aknbkokp6md5/62292386203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f947c1191---35092225659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9kgrttolhsahahfhe8bhnvb3a/zugejomikavawolotoxipirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c65c35c9d---64850458133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cezartravel.hu/userfiles/file/mijololovagifowafajanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourdesign.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53832813922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/49195094593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/83854982704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c3f6af7bb---jugowaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ht60pv8q28mgn962aob4ojggvj/godebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/58006185579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/95543007635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/sadonijoxezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/63340650736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94622641966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1ac0979aa7109a16212790115e050f6/moximigefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=tiny+microscopic+red+bugsPDF 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_off0000c2cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2CD 16624 bytes
SHA-256: 7a7c9f545fb84872dad358d898ca7ca92e5c333b2db1dd1ce76485e0b905bdaf
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC3 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 1525fea5edbf276e9c363ff07294bab6a9edde6a761ac55c76c4cfef7deb2d62
font_02_sfnt_off00010668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10668 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1