Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cc101d9fbe0d013…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-10-10 08:35:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2e6ba1ca796f45515b5e013954a9fb3c SHA-1: 65d4efbc2bcd4a4a0639340737f4a3f8aedf8c7c SHA-256: 9cc101d9fbe0d013974b89add8b5df9b7b652f96e1d26819b4d374ff2a11f3d2
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links indicates a likely attempt to download a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://teifsepahan.com/files/file/62640644404.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13e4221f5e125ec105e415c60045a7c/63063961978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gidaxidabuzepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3283312034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aa24549bdd2a227e5a970ad4b99f570/35942987426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/16777949258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.algeos.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87654031607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615217e7b4a2d---81397715094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/84538925552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topliving.sk/userfiles/file/90406491457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615591713b88d---14098326480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parikshitconstruction.com/uploads/nefojenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgewongdesign.com/gwd/upload/files/59786397409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/rosubazuturozeviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qkon.ca/images/file/70067465744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5901df03000473ed37530f45e4fb0157/94058229653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50855085796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/zipatizofoxifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihdbd.org/upload/files/bunafigudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/56750109619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mertcelikkapi.com/userfiles/file/9384337274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cecad0b300---39515746163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenabilardo.com/data/_files/turokapomopubenodirodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcookie.tw/upload/editor/file/09102110820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/30818987055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=my+father+is+strange+ep+41PDF 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_off0000b896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB896 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0A8 14328 bytes
SHA-256: bf5101dab6bf158f0c7a2b68159322c0f490ce1f82c3949d490f7e845fdc3d7e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF501 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 2ad5a0ae0a35df3bde50b24af77a6775ca6efd3e56f283e035bafbe957dd9ee8