Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cb9ee4a2e74ebe5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:00:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f611b6a537cdc44045a4497eeff12afe SHA-1: ddf2a83529cc5e133b544416fb53812df77737e1 SHA-256: 9cb9ee4a2e74ebe50e3cd58910d5912931b283f27109c908afe203e9bcaa665c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection to these malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/jedarimukija.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bapassamarinda.id/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/momulakumomativozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventensis.lt/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33881049450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dymenahealthcare.com/upload/fckeditor/file/82485218206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fatowawigoxinetobame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhdaquyhn.com/uploads/news_file/87077900890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinners-party.de/media/file/37256402375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albertoangel.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakekemavanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebd8806513---69029900833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0301e2f26f382fa88079aa6af78316a1/81193708725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d796e3bea5---pigoterota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinashop.bg/files/88855619069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/87319937085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunriseinnjasper.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gabaxojetojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmakonnect.org/DrumiBhatt/karmakonnect.org/Final/ckeditorimage/files/14783880056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/12737023620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/vaxotunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endeligmandag.no/e-brev/data/div/bivatozikanawedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87456840579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattledesis.com/fckeditor/file/jojopumazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/12773002589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210921063142_1116907009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/januguwukirepibovuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurishupally.org/userfiles/file/6994621677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundialimportweb.com/userfiles/file/1912146911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=find+search+tool+apkPDF 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_off0000e494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE494 20212 bytes
SHA-256: 5da412e566b8a3c11767643d6ba3c972339487a63f323791c3c38e2888805d28
font_01_sfnt_off000119a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C0 10680 bytes
SHA-256: e5f4afd9471b9cdefb123bb58b93008ad4bab893e05dd91112fa3dac14854825