Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c85e4589f06cf1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:46:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e07701b1be5cb9d6680c58342bd3da47 SHA-1: 40afd1a1dc538b5cb0eafb9ee72dc0f292393b75 SHA-256: 9c85e4589f06cf1d42f15b3f932971193834bd031b34555fdaf782e943041e64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek43m8onimjur303er5lu1j674/wogedigizope.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mi1ma08blgi92n9t2ghrfm0rl/kefunofideboromuwekifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16507391751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debnine.net/UserFiles/File/87354228284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttera6t156ekhqt2ug5lsbs8ck/tuludo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/devavosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/nidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aamamflff4dbmfn5of3jv2t2ra/69872670854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/16716099008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ae84a64ec92a5de1a07aff6f6f80d5/30032991266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/52696259965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/94071774444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b1d432afa---dokajuziwurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muacuoi.vn/Pictures/files/72643773605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/fizuzewaviwajanutifisaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210719_ECAED019329853BE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fd1fd95ab5e7224f548d1ad18c086dc/41066821374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madagetiwapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a60f769726---55363490279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607272f5e7f81---redajudimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784a916024d---wuwepimoxujez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=exemplars+of+evil+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb8c47e2a25---87349789796.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_off000104b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B1 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 0e7f0eae28e3b9c293222f8d042935e8e8fb68a721cee0803c8644b3e76cb729
font_01_sfnt_off000134f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F4 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 7dabc4057e5ff1a88a7c0a23a63081f78df6c348686b8efb9190eb4f17c81314
font_02_sfnt_off00014d32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1