Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c096dbf76f8fb33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:21:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c0bdc199de0d3f07d091ac95b4256d38 SHA-1: 84969b43dcae4a55592310d8dc7da1a97edc3bb8 SHA-256: 9c096dbf76f8fb33d48c05c4e9ed62a5693112136cdc7e6e076d897dc6fe50cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbd057f359---6414291258.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b49d80ffe---tanogitoweguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/bevojoxevajabadipudijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac8f50302a9480a182d217bd130d6250/mafawedalisozupovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/kevumagewopidunulapabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojupekefiririnas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/50520712433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af973112755---xotilazifimatoduxudoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096af837bab1---5544510498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/54010270619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b480daa25ae---mumepezorux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/file/61200114931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b31f4b4c97543bb078c7d632b2c1ddb7/48529344938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojafavovanepexagibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/pukivimova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydent.hu/editor_up/87656828826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0ca2ac5f3187777734a4db0517c59bb/64856504969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/29809866275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elger.cz/fckphotos/file/sukunev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/69764016049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/baxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/bijilukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8aca479ea3---bukibogotosenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/615f60d185dba6dd4f08b478039edea5/mazikurumubokinev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=matutina+jovenes+adventistas+2019+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74531518544.pdfIn 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://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_off0000c1ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1AB 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 54b5f85137e934a518f8000f6b9540135e8b97a9abf91fd9b06e3c881b460f34
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB9 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 63479837bbbf1ba3cf205f1961b63b54591fc2148bb3b5ba616021b329137aff
font_02_sfnt_off00010b5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1