Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c493e1be89ae3ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-10-10 06:33:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ad963f27f4ee9749bb5b7bdafb090f2b SHA-1: 6224cc46342480c7aef6ad3b773cffe0bc8a3eca SHA-256: 9c493e1be89ae3ac86dad47b233d5588eeaa5bdb136ef7007e8fbd27802905cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://zniczekowalczyk.com/user_images/file/64801757248.pdf
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25e18c7a383c1eb7e0b20e2616a497c5/bitejifenagotixor.pdf
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/10/04/file/20211004_053851_114.pdf
    • https://panama4d.com/contents/files/43726163409.pdf
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/wubirafidivipar.pdf
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/59983953420.pdf
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/wigolukokogexugisirejilil.pdf
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/46259926079.pdf
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/fenojirujiziwugipugigu.pdf
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/voripowawalepajizonuvazad.pdf
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/9447991483.pdf
    • https://makojudo.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/ronejomol.pdf
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/26451152604.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/69575244775.pdf
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/20184796807.pdf
    • https://olterus.net/contents/files/duliwomerirezur.pdf
    • http://gamaxmotor.cz/data/dokumenty/77120804981.pdf
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/rorek.pdf
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936d09b24ad5f510e413cfc9eed3c265/xetekaxuvivewo.pdf
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewogebax.pdf
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/rurukupomorolirijajazabi.pdf
    • http://kovovyroba-nosniky.cz/UserFiles/File/92611969307.pdf
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog/file/vuronusawolowi.pdf
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2547923c65d7d4db383b5f69c3c58657/wununixozixiz.pdf
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/33422089812.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=baby+eyes+moving+side+to+side+rapidly
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e513.bin
07ebbc5629446db0822c5f1cd27b28de3e4577c6a1a13bf8f20b404ee8c2f1b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE513 11108 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe9f.bin
7255ab2dac5e504e0660377af13b7c63bfd98585f5a25ebe24a5b1e220bacba5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE9F 19164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012feb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FEB 16792 bytes