Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c850cf18387f88a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:06:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2d7ac93acf84fc5e157c387ac804a021 SHA-1: 23df2f0fe7668276ae47ecb4a799c82ba34f4034 SHA-256: 9c850cf18387f88a73c6e028c3bfd054678f7a3fa1752d5f3f0cb98940217513
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads from various sources. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://prociweb.hu/sites/files/file/98179468947.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d33aae7f5f053a424cc0d6ef01c39ec0/8021590094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64f3953cca9072b7c8a48a814a4262ce/takuximuvamatilidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608182aaebabb---62361475509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608827aae0ced---86142990905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/vafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fd46ec81b---66515740750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf590c30f7---wekedarozukuboraxaxogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupojunowise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/88991931608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/548558878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa935c785a---17615913741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94c0a29b05---99856408297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3577315dd---72750366684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bebcb6fa80---wokijovopuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/24695934907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamdinhgiadaiquang.com/img/files/xojedubix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0e00b09a4---sudepanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/futisibuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pa5vdtioku4stia9qih39o5pir/nezutigosobozevokopogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4dd8f7376a---42943418709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4d2bd9d51---62818693633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40b5b6c4b75f18c8f366c6b8529bf8f5/xisawize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=four+levels+of+governmentPDF 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_off0000e82f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82F 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 746f4d3f75cb791182c83677ce64085be6c3ca516df54621b4e2053927ab7805
font_01_sfnt_off0000fff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF2 16656 bytes
SHA-256: 0c507e18f8f33ef57597712558e342937a31ca4bd5affe178b3a8b989053c09e
font_02_sfnt_off00012ad9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1