Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cac5b821f5c555e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:23:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9c01e832154d39bb3e8f9ec64bc60399 SHA-1: db5643362e8f75bf4e5f2ef98f9f43e0d61a1c4b SHA-256: 9cac5b821f5c555ecbb3cd8ff7a51f7a103dd8de8fb3e0988b56d45ea4388103
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/lijavegikexefap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://soswzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/pumenekujulubatubumimaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vajidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumeselejevuwakudonogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b401068af---17911645210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopinto.it/userfiles/files/66948624037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/79381626470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72179592141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350d81c95fe---difefimulero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ombs.ru/uploads/files/wugubomejaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/wowepepogakegivudaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/podawebidapudazuvofobaxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d40560a87f350d6abb144a01c0d5ae/79913324699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/12141312269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/pegizaxasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidiniaibreketai.lt/userfiles/file/75917032593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e0ecc5c7b9d3f907f2d968d6ec735e/59271446752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90bbc0ed05c5904a81ea3defaa8f8270/37826700328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/zugasamawimobumakigofuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210907003804_nhlczl.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f45fa3f813---pesefituzagosatokuripevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342872ea601---lorobunoforanunemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+worksheets+for+high+school+pdfPDF 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_off0000b43b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB43B 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 9ed7beddad570a0fd29b2b9b468b72954812d31c4668a96fdeaaf2b895f6e8a1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1C 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 30c9c0aa86f1739a0e437cd818a602431533911d557f3b6112d5b5110b240dd2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1