Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cfebe9e3e9a433b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:13:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 124c952d431f248844745b85f8201fd3 SHA-1: c0bacc1b898c99f7977004a936ca436850be2600 SHA-256: 9cfebe9e3e9a433bb5122cc02a326005b0285e8acffa9f5cc4e2ad654840d612
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

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 https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd098e6bb28afaec63c2ef6ec7b76c7/gujetadosaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/30598313605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40914364262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/ritojiregokifujajewolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607374eed6c80---zamonofalukotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/dozosuwinerutimufetugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kedehg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budoputiwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisegomijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/64345383018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161100c385eb65---20972724503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebazetifisabok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/92449325552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4a0bfb1520f847fc39ab895937bd6d0/sezukorojuxufunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq1gmd8ibgae31ltapec3v4pr2/3083611736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/494e55ad42279134f1904b0c7605de6f/wunilojupibudalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/janopemotituvakapewitekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc62518f992---71987657132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/zesitukal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/69679615336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/mibopujatovajafenisab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20574759071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98a7e4f8a3ca16f40754a7fd62a153e2/boruxibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=timeline+history+of+internet+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_off0000f24a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A61 10676 bytes
SHA-256: f1113fa7418bc95df0afca0dd873712077efdec5bed537f32955df3f67d834cc
font_02_sfnt_off000122a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A1 19384 bytes
SHA-256: a23f62178916731cacd69ab2e5678cee27aff0c6e5309c0a70d2ee030ef9ed8e