Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b729a53b14d1a25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:01:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b75dedad24308b3a371f82e716ca31f5 SHA-1: 6085776ffb3cb39a6926517fd72d1e7008855282 SHA-256: 9b729a53b14d1a254568d3dc292b7c29aae15795f3364cfa41825f69b32e5771
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs, which are presented as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+on+preposition+of+time PDF link annotation
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607048a50304b---68355975867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df501429ca---gakoloxuvonubugutuxanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopinto.it/userfiles/files/tewukawubegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da71cee13a4---jojixodivijetike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droneducational.com/admin/userfiles/file/xivugimegifasejizokera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/kopalafatufemonixeguvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/17964547174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f71ef92fe668e956a22f2178f389b874/difuzededagejegiwemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dbf96160499fae15afdc0adf426af58/15512904720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phtne1entulpd87n8ap6ril4v1/46546666105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdffb720387---25792970486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/zozutumutaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xologagefololorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210623214741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/99863742821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/xepibikorogamopokodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/80180183283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oc85ugkk9q7fnqqu5leesj8p24/ripopizudasemefojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//79876604149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bn88at8r48nd42tbrhns6nfcd3/53422724699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/91202527821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/tetije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99502163489.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_off0000d02e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD02E 18284 bytes
SHA-256: 2d913a1c7bf9f6ef382992b398880897a166dc71a6d7816f12146a80b6922aef
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF53 10500 bytes
SHA-256: e2dde9a27499ed774be86e6d1a03a6b86544e473424b5981afad9e5248865a4c
font_02_sfnt_off0001170a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1170A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1