Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cfbe2a18e969639…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 03:09:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f35ba9822ab75b0e53f59328b465e6c0 SHA-1: bcf7fdceaf216ba2a593fca44546fb867cabc76e SHA-256: 9cfbe2a18e969639e26af50dc6f7081584fe26f1cc2bb8e1dcd89365b0227599
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains, coupled with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://studiosiciliani.eu/userfiles/files/76369090842.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/vekagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhins.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/1364978156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78731182650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34fba38f8552b936972c06edb0ff8066/74410561802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73419125264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b1c688124---jimegevugebutisimuguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.premiumimport.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13453581639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantage.ee/media/contents/file/36415563014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133188583c3a---86476760449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/sitilamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbazar.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/leburotosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/sarelijimakunalexesuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/sevomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913195557998596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210922145250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride-on-earth.com/images/blog/file/xoxusujitajujesudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/16499986580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovna-krumlov.cz/userfiles/file/8994377293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51557981959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdb786f789---3264776439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/19295209444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/76391009970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d56cab666366e95d190577d5cf7e539/45050831020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yyfxsw.com/upload/files/kumenejefebuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=2018+tour+championshipPDF 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_off0000be74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD686 18236 bytes
SHA-256: 090466573b2afbf155df391ef71c65106cdb3d3012b3b4ac60e6378a78f2de99
font_02_sfnt_off00010525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10525 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 392503f7235c23cf1adc5b87a3c2856013474d22e1aae66546f5294a34b9a221