Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9afb8699dc01d4c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 12:05:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 949dc0e402d8c71d31a94dc4afd7298b SHA-1: b2eed628dd711db00781c99e6d13fe9b33643c23 SHA-256: 9afb8699dc01d4c6b71309bf8ce86e1c896fa629a284a6040a4d51ccaef733a1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a malicious payload via the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pastelbuilders.com/userfiles/file/xavizibiregidunobavo.pdf
    • http://eros-arena.name/eros/userfiles/file/72608569805.pdf
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/pibekofofu.pdf
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/xoforabe.pdf
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girubebinowumawuwodo.pdf
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/10526833532.pdf
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/dadop.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142560893cea---77775074085.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614658d6c2ebc---mewakubeniwevezugejon.pdf
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/pibal.pdf
    • http://ciccioinpentola.com/userfiles/files/doposonasisisogaluja.pdf
    • http://eko-gospodarstwo.eu/files/file/jojorori.pdf
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/3767155367.pdf
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/8938505460.pdf
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/tozizazatarek.pdf
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/bediviwemapefalimugir.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8ae19c66c---zusadirudesedanusokivez.pdf
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/4764696647.pdf
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/36459020044.pdf
    • https://karatenarrewarren.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92370491776.pdf
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/66335027431.pdf
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/faxaliwikelibivejetir.pdf
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/35236702551.pdf
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/69829097400.pdf
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/517c4593aeba594f469e45cd4efb5b80/96774395849.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=download+gta+sa+obb+highly+compressed
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df80.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF80 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f792.bin
3f55e9bc0c835dd01e720daa3ad40257a264481c29a2f3dd9d591769599af843
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF792 17428 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012513.bin
603c4baff965e0efbed653b043b6618eb5ae69fced9abb4c679cf4eb0dad92fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12513 11300 bytes