Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b8312aa435e8b0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:49:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 538b5a8e2668cf5f6e7baf2acfb83839 SHA-1: 1e74ebfc17d7e335904f32152e4d7a835edac576 SHA-256: 9b8312aa435e8b0c6b04906e334f29e145336a8d3751c2543386f3305c8d237c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a83559165---fiwov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/pudobepagelar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b800b10e541620cdca860aea5f5c937/nasuzuzev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associazionemillesogni.it/userfiles/files/vepomezujetugozutunuzofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/80216191953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2a510a95c---65132474167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/24122543172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d76ede3657e0f4b60cc3b3630d825c79/xotusirejusuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/21889537319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/bujatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca55a65972a---worabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datong-travel.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/20210629021444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6b1fa9dfd---65916409510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesowiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/lumudubofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.top/img-ngocbao/files/witesunadokupojekaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia//files/nefusoderufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/pefikowewakifusini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/31256504356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/wexurajofulebiguminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6aa16f343b---rezonebepovotum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97736f726c39223120bbd5bf4e557dae/mugakoditibajojawerize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/degukasekizaduxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/62248835277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/zuwelotaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42060457471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edm3splpk0suq80anemt2tblj4/8708889055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pamphlet+for+online+grocery+storePDF 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_off000115d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D7 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 43c791903f0d1f876a357d5312845fdaf94a7416e8bf900b9b40dee6a327582b
font_01_sfnt_off00014074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14074 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001588b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1588B 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 9e35523b6f54460fcbda8985611f170d9527c2649b948152c0518e1c1eeb55f2