Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bae34f39d6c42ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-05-25 10:16:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: dd626c31416b1d5b03ec2efb78fd7e1b SHA-1: f3eb1e72db99cb887e692d08ec7d447ed11b89d9 SHA-256: 9bae34f39d6c42ef4257e8e0d653835a5280357048a5e6ac302934e51f206171
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing malware or facilitating phishing attacks. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a reference to 'how to pair comcast xr2 remote', which may be a lure to disguise the malicious nature of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pair+comcast+xr2+remote PDF link annotation
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/zigibusiwimomosavijefone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94da9e748e786fb3ab4b33b17211a98/jetalilenuwotavoguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c28cc9db---vifuponezuwepiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/sepobezovavimaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ed189cf3f---rumefibitupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69298f1eae60d7da643096f5299b6235/galunigukomepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/923cca0e74134ef004ba318c29c4e38c/julibudoxifiziken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/wopolujuwodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3353d6156---67718135302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a302c582e8---roredegoseluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad223ac3c7e4ed16cccf4d72f56a9fd2/37936148157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74b36c823e548d1b0e8735f1c1d4c368/64925608874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b03bac65801cf12543ef8cf81dfc7ae/56515496795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070424e69fa7---paxuxasugexarume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38e819ac89---fegijutoxuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bf7b0f7032c27cef7c217c788ed894/43118694374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf265856cd---6070096383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA9 5300 bytes
SHA-256: 5cef046cf1959d3dc8bac38059e294652d2fa45120a1e6a1823bf7a23601972c
font_01_sfnt_off000101ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101AE 14720 bytes
SHA-256: 7ac4095f4857b8f35ef9647227c5d66a45648421b52b3b570e85a34f2ef5cb16