Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cc3a826cbe59505…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:29:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 44a24957b324cf3dd9f32f1d84d9ad7c SHA-1: 009f2e907c05eaa6587831372c593927a01a5c57 SHA-256: 9cc3a826cbe595052404ab3d8790a743760d6bf569a06d5053e35a7d191a4155
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to WordPress upload directories on distinct hosts, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/82313130846.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5j3ukgsjubvp7nbmgb1n534fra/bazilasiladat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adbff3f0279985ca3267d338e1c07051/kenevufadokenorixisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5ac48908b6---29316160535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6p6fcijmgrdnu485crifr6ucg/43280761258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b095b5a62---17987712818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonkoenigsmund.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c991354a8c---81810420750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983d8c99025---buxogutekipanexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiriwenemasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64893dc0bebf1b765d69cf969fedd5f4/fudulepesaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e0d92ea77---2666762732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/toxupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca8a83b95b---fuvukewajupixoxibokur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/19048298922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6400a50ac3---rimikejuvubujeveri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/56719756987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/92309588130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818f83dddc8---24631184553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/54493657963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f9f05790a---ripavoxidifewanoxezomeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/gadasedifotiwaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69753642113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6efc89e3770eb03eb03f3bd53a682ae3/77436460328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/bisekopofabula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=special+a+charactersPDF 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_off0000f703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF703 22504 bytes
SHA-256: d9e3e60203a9f1a059e2f0c3a89aff48ea655869836f9420345d11bb3aa7771c
font_01_sfnt_off00012d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7A 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 90c801d214169619403a2c7a89352fd598031f8db360c77db90fe9602b338299
font_02_sfnt_off000144db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1