Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c789ff238e632ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:34:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 107683318425fd19afa9aae08b4c9a29 SHA-1: ede9a6209708adb489916bff7f612801e6a85605 SHA-256: 9c789ff238e632caf50bc239d2c9131cc10be43bc11e59141da744c06ec4896e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or conducting phishing campaigns. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/patodevateden.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/voneloxamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mexugiwuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797cf63a3fe---bezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161218015a24c7---repivigivekabulepefubavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/nitotixigigitiretane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75b1877c98---51721757294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8dfcda8d3---wumuvinixizodujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/xoxesowinekunajubosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f25cc10485---69099392051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c6ff8a068---gikininogubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23b94bbf2d731e098211a57ae5cc6325/90234975209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/sosozesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/59049325585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/mujalekekino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/lamukufudosebepipuzidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/gewunero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609915c445ee7---37101096104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/vowevulutawajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40bd55a9ab---sefiruzunalimowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3548391af1e788faa8074f538fa40dad/gabezufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607693fe76b04---xurusofoxogojevijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f73a71fd2---lujovofurazesevanebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/zuzevibusilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48be80ae55a5a427cd8c15a07960cceb/nemesorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+documento+a+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off0000d355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD355 18252 bytes
SHA-256: a21ca27291dc788038e4b4fb073875d080caaa1ffd08ea997499d626d8f8e6eb
font_01_sfnt_off0001010e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11925 11112 bytes
SHA-256: b8084164e1333f668d2588b4151bb4c2c1b18175ccdb65a0e84801f60aaf6ea0