Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b934a57b6769193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:22:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d64ef8390763ceb1ae7a396756fdd5f7 SHA-1: 3b1742f12ccf67f13042a93064bf663fcffad95e SHA-256: 9b934a57b676919358983a280ae15224c397786afb6e5bffabfe7e6ba3501d38
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and acts as a link farm. The numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-17/20210917081209220108.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/006f6041adcc6762969b38baa42edf22/86452575960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/kerugamijevifokiruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd865ea7bd---84141415996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ot6f94q5dtkcimr517jg9ava/43982341436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifeteacher.tw/uploads/files/202109010314533854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/tafera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/kigesifepoxazujewono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/6123477047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/62132927803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090600574698476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.amyhalter.com/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/fumiwetediro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/tusefugujiponizuragote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://testgit.begurholidays.com/uploads/userfiles/files/27676111113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/58887186232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1f5463cdd2e4efbe5497a2ab3722245/39621406769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/21538592449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazhonghua1688.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamakomovebupunabifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7913d3db45a9053fb0f1ea7410911dc/44621858281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/88310009342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/jubotasilexidumapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210908/file/16310348868793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/78680619134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+someone+from+texting+you+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d1b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C5 18020 bytes
SHA-256: e6491110845370b245c36fc26361afcdba892663b567f6a870230b5483e2d5da
font_02_sfnt_off000117ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117EE 11444 bytes
SHA-256: c640efe1a38f4c95a0ac7e7ad138366f3e330692bfb30ed8662b1aab3ad01380