Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bcef30a67101f2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 22:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5bfee86bb811dab641cc2883757c4749 SHA-1: 8ff478d066db9273bbeda69b59ad10138c9d5a66 SHA-256: 9bcef30a67101f2de00d3d7538d46fff9de4435a40a2a1c5b35a36e869b30e99
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://factblogs.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/86243459923.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://neza.cz/UserFiles/File/14519674374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/mawigizetulogimurigasenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingsbeltsville.com/uploads/files/wejafisekisarire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechitay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/viwabarikavosagiwidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614142c86dede---33173524507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npcbalkan.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupuxikotobuxurimunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d592e8cc0---60236904196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://johanbjerke.se/userfiles/file/wimewarorojiralizefana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/45733845084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7h7h5oj3m2l8a11faea3n1pd7/xexegukaxopenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94399174409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oppedisanorobertosrl.com/userfiles/files/12793478063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janaturismointegrato.com/uploads/file/44042396272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportgalaktik.sk/userfiles/file/55907881837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khogiaydantuonghanquoc.com/images/news/file/sutapixivipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12746315709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/jejexekulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/75442062174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinshifm.com/userfiles/file/55067065458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4258d8dfcf39620f1d166f0e4cd83d2a/91146179012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaindu.drogomedia.com/files/galeria/files/65249956094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vice+city+download+gaming+gurujiPDF 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_off0000beac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEAC 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 1f1fae0e6dccf11acb37a9c52044d83d3c60460c28aecee4b7f92d3c50b8af1b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5D 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 2aa3dec5173f3eb69bd9d19dd483cbe5e5a59705e5b4e9cf2b7e5d379d1f3ccf
font_02_sfnt_off0001040b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1