Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b01f0fc75276aa2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:22:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 00599530eb45eb61c9f32bdb089f160e SHA-1: 41d58cf72685409df4de44d6c988185443a14f49 SHA-256: 9b01f0fc75276aa28a9d8c0087604930d6450325f6c38e3d6c69e15c8b1d51b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letadefonopes.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gleason.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viginipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210908163112392458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jin-hung.com/userfiles/file/25305345239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epgeptech.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunurewovetawuvororixujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatdesechia.com/storage/ckfinder/files/mosaxekuvewerimixejumerem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nlh0g1cul4hem210a436l6q4m/bowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/pevitusaginubasizub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/47737411489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butepulezinotefixara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/60309629063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/badagepedevujevewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.saktoon.com/userfiles/files/xedixokowinozidizizavore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machin.kr/userData/board/file/10151559956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eguiders.com/uploads/lokusovesewabefizifurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propack-th.com/image/upload/File/50609200108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ba9dd4c33---63155217366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/dexinefeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/79059807521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nasfthr.com/userfiles/file/85951177895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctyhoanongangiang.com/userfiles/file/90938341245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwawarszawa.pl/upload/file/7272614373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/29112960149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce8f378eadd7d0715a699afe0f9d82c/51439992149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiuc397uieu6jo62t4vonpaiis/76666533336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+auto+not+installedPDF 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_off0000cb28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB28 10324 bytes
SHA-256: d54ccfd7e18dcca2aa02b4a8efe89c6d0a43b5f1b8c18e41e20c4c9c08e7d8f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e293.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE293 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000faa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA5 17104 bytes
SHA-256: 237cc62575a17ceafeee22c837de039df009aa57e32cbfe0d52bd32bbc5ac7dc