Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cdce58f707ff36e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:51:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 31574f27b5d4603fcfb3ccdcecb82a7e SHA-1: b9d9b6ed6814c5ade41e217fcdbf3681f1fda114 SHA-256: 9cdce58f707ff36eac2fdec37268e06f8b482bdbafeb2ef881eb47481e62e63f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer, likely to facilitate further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66bfp7nav64cmn6u6nfajbe413/73708664317.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/63014884088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolky.info/foto/images/file/runesimesumomobuxanesenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f677c5ec577d18b185d10ed6fc4c38e4/letuguzibununupotaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6886076486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/11210020126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duwufobeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a9f719f1595b2a0d5e4dcff5d707805/zidoporuwigezidudaxisuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c621a2d68a3---powulibizifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb5fd69567---jurotokewejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/barekoximoloberemero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_D93A3F5539B613B0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/tasave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/jogawumajawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/98457537786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/papikodupemurukajemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612355d82b091---12613293758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5aa3e348ff---sixeridemawixelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/59457797483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161265156273ab---17465082343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa868736ce---zodozefuposogimofurufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/kumovirumazek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/xenoraxezaragaxasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premo.at/userfiles/file/doligaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominopark.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/24599200198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+red+hen+story+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_off000108c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C5 10372 bytes
SHA-256: a851906e3f8cc9d7c7047e9da54ccb053eace79efc64a845a95bc5075408e63c
font_01_sfnt_off00012030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12030 18384 bytes
SHA-256: 14a4bdc345bc1eaa8104a9d160dc694d1cb4a84b983ae88735d102ffe9d18a81
font_02_sfnt_off00014ff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1