Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c25061b2a7b0000…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 01:10:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f4d05088dde9a7df386924bf7bc4a222 SHA-1: f329f42ba28630d31b14f213e407f38b43b9c7d0 SHA-256: 9c25061b2a7b0000975b9e9453fad369c0a6f0558d03492c7971822ead39c049
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, which could be used to further obfuscate the malicious intent or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9850

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 http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/81014442448.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f318228f457f7dbc3c006d77fe80aa/90554632862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72d8618996---pogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/jonibutexujevobasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39879795540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/fimine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/kunumavawikenoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/53895061548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/fijarezobifobefolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ab6915c22---59803159294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c947063c92d---98597648840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beverleyannes.net/home/beverley/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilavunexakibigewisewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/46456596777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt8pb7kv0ra2dtd1kgp3vkr7b3/gefudefadulodijogegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/92701770389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/vumijimuxuwarewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/wukexubekorejidovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/tunabajejine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc1bf9b963---jagimetugotigovewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/10781464395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/62601861740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maplesservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65650ae7892913822f86476c4605d446/dugikinuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/dorirajozejonaluxodapuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://axlthailand.com/imagexx/files/48402786480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+gentlePDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD354 2000 bytes
SHA-256: 818f08737a26e64bf3bf0d6d190e3426ea19ec30941df7b7e61666acf435d63d
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7E 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 441e2f0b5851ae772cb088fe3e1f5db2b040847f73813d24082d9744d24082a3
font_02_sfnt_off00010ca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA2 10116 bytes
SHA-256: 864228295cce8ff7ef5ecb5a8f764743e47d1287fd250a280c41d0b5c4376b66
font_03_sfnt_off0001234c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234C 16380 bytes
SHA-256: 2c0e290fa6558e0032722b22020075c31f4e454cdba2636f60bac5772d5adbea
font_04_sfnt_off000139e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1