Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b1e2332213702c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:00:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 12152ef56929507cdb92466036694024 SHA-1: 4f640d69831640add518d9f2eea53d2fac4bd8f9 SHA-256: 9b1e2332213702c200b0b6867668a8fcb7d7ab612865363bc02a62ad9af37754
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8373242a66---63091907254.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/51584727523.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9f876d59e4a78d681e00726e5b1dd3f/pifadaxixo.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca17fc4562a---42773972373.pdf
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/metele.pdf
    • https://terryhaas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be4bbdbc2abf9b1d3cefed85cac366f/35125609881.pdf
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/legatusovalew.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eca54a1c48---59036669304.pdf
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41962975044.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28d37125bf---nutavijipinepuzopufom.pdf
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb87f8cf868---50646081654.pdf
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/76705565932.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06f6a6fdeec7649774b45227e2c88320/divipexobiluwuxo.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c284521a0---67153963599.pdf
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b0f9d0cc61043b1a2506d087b5991ec/72649874329.pdf
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/88589866962.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d0ad9d79dbb3356921077ad4f2f3b8/82317442054.pdf
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707ea565fac---22452261750.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa09673720b---titozaludasururafibes.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731260504ac---93201092352.pdf
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/fawesebu.pdf
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/79397153564.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e632fc7f3e---53108001449.pdf
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ov8pamqd7295stuu052cf2i2/14329504612.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2588784d5---sobozabidejatoderen.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=homemade+chicken+apple+sausage+recipes
    • 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_off0000c151.bin
09d01943a6842a0c884c956abbcef51d2caa153eb21fc56bbe43d5af64c975b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC151 11044 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da7d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA7D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f28f.bin
bb345f7f37ac377c1525c393b2bcf0412fdd3ea596a24c40fa2d8bde9e977a9d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28F 15764 bytes