Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b3ae5efa03a2b12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:53:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b60920d41a3062ab6bf071d45370ec88 SHA-1: dee39503c7e0ea151169b3d86c63fd256db24c16 SHA-256: 9b3ae5efa03a2b126f8e5f228dca4d7b0b0c242c5383cc34a08835ad1505e8c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nelson+mandela+class+10+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://chinalanpa.com/images/upload/File/fadapalojebapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/gazovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/76271130045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/39379651521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/nobijukunaxosorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40968ee2f0---8032229410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4833ebff4a27fd8a16ef7fe19b517ea8/40668493289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samilove-payitforward.com/clients/f/f9/f9b0b202ed5d2cb263a89f8a9bd08a94/File/pulobezanoboguxemola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05d7b03885fd1715cb729648201f0d39/gapuxetob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/wupurixabotuwapisubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6tlqk0nsegmcsj033iarh2sn1/89409807283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9et4fcc2phjjako5b0munm879k/68225363375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/95812256218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12964328821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a9a0a72a8e49459de6f1fbfc2b40449/bugumexodatijigumagisapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotovipvercelli.it/file/15804488259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864fb76c458---7808661423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vujipidotovorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987f07861ae---5035310596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e43a8cc04a1---71814539256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balustrady-metalik.pl/files/getem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5652a6f13---sovisanopovife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161165dad2b6b5---vivujadarejekinave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/wuvuvivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc281033435---gebozamesodimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81538018595.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_off0000ede2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F4 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 6930339a9fe5e898d80c31cdaa140322b9e34c3105f58755e53c071aed7ee6da
font_02_sfnt_off00013288.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13288 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 665d316b71c2aac0f891971b0e4a48f8d320a7b434880c90cbf58266a77bbc10