Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cb38158ad81b015…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:48:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c63af7853fda0d12429503f76b89987a SHA-1: ac2b85d41d84b1a8387e6e2a00d207508064c698 SHA-256: 9cb38158ad81b015749a0fb5cad0b4c1cfa0ee933ec66e2bb0d8ddf646b30e23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to external PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, directing users to download further malicious content, likely a phishing or malware payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://mahae.hu/files/files/gigopugexozozubas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nenorm.com/files/files/25166109989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/56559319234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ch-bovi.com/upload/files/rizolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/kotamezifopuzazadekufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letstravelforacause.com/miet/assets/files/43806232529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba93ce98dc---11153558058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifuzojikoladabepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd1eb4b711d277cba85b6d00af59718/likuziwabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/14426206475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/79763377383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safe-international.com/userfiles/file/32079628207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/dadilajibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugagekikiwopivufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/jakoguzoginowixidanuvopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esebtekstil.com/resimler/files/35445505178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/95304440023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com/webfiles/file/dumexutuwosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567cb90439de5edbae9c299e5f83935a/11165837944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613951f7cbc9b---gagagafopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63941080824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.area-tlc.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73900968909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qim0d3ju4jsbjqqmldt7bqtma1/dojudigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/botufibabidabugobupuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marquisdecor.com/userfiles/file/54482963658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8uvlf6hu8862023l0tt7u36f1/bokigufetumakumejuzamuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/22736812803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=android+11+pixel+1PDF 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_off0000d68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68C 18100 bytes
SHA-256: ab413eef1981365e48cd3d3687c095c7021932cfea6c6da681ea3ae206f73435
font_01_sfnt_off000105b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B2 10092 bytes
SHA-256: 7b9af858fc0a5f981a3b51cff235b4cbfcaf34ff00c66a20e208ffaa756c4d75
font_02_sfnt_off00011c42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1