Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9afb5155d12a9662…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 00:50:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c97c942d5c6a1cba9c083c9b5274c685 SHA-1: 9efe0ca9c6ce921562f76aecda5e00556cc67eb0 SHA-256: 9afb5155d12a966255569369ebabf883a46ee5ac0e9479084ec619cf2ec0b54a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content, while the link farm aims to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially engage in SEO poisoning or phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=telugu+famous+novels+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/lokapatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/72142937334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161000718d26ac---23752228465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkythuat123.com/upload/files/vafepoxobatijibezimexataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/905020f84ca168f20907082cb0ccb44b/35880193152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/zizujanuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/32768007394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packamate.com/userfiles/1922271451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/93920237061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c520ec1f76---6970950897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/55354319571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c32bf524b0f---40081392287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c25b400c15---19250556510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da91092cb0b6651aa2391e227102698/robabegegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/83779249768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/beraxudufizolalakevemek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6c21b42fb---86778719067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujukobitivawomela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/85582564639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751589a0847---zafaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18891646998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebkqmja2kfep8fpmt2slce9ajg/10861120905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8787dedf5dd68d67087802b404fbc46/72161172389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d67ad4772---kosumugirovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jepegakedugerebumipate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/widovowum.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_off0000c7aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7AA 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 91119aacb1d2b9cbb8cc2229bbfe47c82d98e3452e6e44ca2cfb1f5a256c77fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A4 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 8858d10acdb83ee92fbe24c3d080416e90f0afb827f8aaf43d73120a577199b7
font_02_sfnt_off00010d3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1