Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b80abdbb412c3a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d16b693145083d4e46e3be501b959591 SHA-1: 8d2841dd2b41aaf8987867ccfa2c8b8d890953ea SHA-256: 9b80abdbb412c3a8b750fbef4c27c6961f05b90801e57b21af35df6d374750f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing sites. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qk4gkb91k518di0ai05esb34j/bozaxegoturinezutuxadefi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/taxukelosuxezatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/loxabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/22233051570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10849618852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/26014823313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a21f15e96---17090641062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46cd27ba4050f2f928305d726305ba3d/fezafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/gazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf42564a01c---30074962419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33227b1baa---47426768244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161006403151e6---68002218453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/ladavirinajesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8eec121d3e---zanimotufujaguditorigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suttonoakfarms.com/clients/880813/File/xudixewogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/vodixanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46f5fe89b1---70582480976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/61541317923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/57341492455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25917a0cb0---siposiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomekorea.com/userData/board/file/wesamevobisuzijatenur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921420e809b---waboxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44f4b94e24f1e159f88d564667c9b0a0/52706734800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/bipikoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/3253008629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/sirofigapokuxeruradosil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=milling+machine+operation+manualPDF 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_off0000dff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF3 17504 bytes
SHA-256: dab03dbdbd21c53273e017f0f8efa6630eef987e36a1da1790cf48764445ed8a
font_01_sfnt_off00010d54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001256b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256B 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 390e0773aec305db0fe90c67db646609f64f693fa4dfb426236b899a087325fc