Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cba134cb3d6b091…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:08:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4e08705e7111d3681562f7acc78f619d SHA-1: 2720220ccf628bc9ebaf04e25dd4a5e847b35287 SHA-256: 9cba134cb3d6b091d37cdb1e5fd860a903f0217f8f82bd76319ed989b2e8a42b
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. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1630529190.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/64662206674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90de26ea006827603d42aa3c8c5ba13b/suzajipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f1e8ef0fa---32189145815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60662812228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/49500096250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/20751728980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d463df6df---20236481033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/kemopabepurozijexari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://como.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/48964787579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/lukadesazavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/kerunopidesomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b294b64a8---koliradekulafozalana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/25058102752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d61b0cab250e06b4f10190d3f514914/pizugalolowatoxateto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/pubopezofululajorufomoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ii2m0qubhuomdv4im4t9nqqrhk/46112753198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d759c98a2b---najawizovebosolijizipiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e917d4297---lefamifoxinimagujewipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/nuwota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/febud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogf5lk8ekav7hvq6a8ibcn1lr4/xebimobifomafujubavesilem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8e4f7ca8d---ribodopatuvibemimomutel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/72701886006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47061571841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=alonissos+map+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_off0000ffd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD4 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 6760485c4a5ce6570886ea9b499f40eafb6f3f9baa7a3437bae726e96eb17b9b
font_01_sfnt_off000116f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F4 22352 bytes
SHA-256: 8ed2b695105e7d8902f0f22c2d44118a80c271e8014ae813455605f026a87f19
font_02_sfnt_off000151c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1