Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d0b04fd44a4166e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 13:55:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cff27fe3d9d66330f7bbf0d5bccd0084 SHA-1: e5ab86482957eb388d02a9ef3cc4285dba54e22e SHA-256: 9d0b04fd44a4166e225e6fd00240a46ea4a9a07dc041255031d0359ebd2017e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or exploiting browser vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://siciny.eu/userfiles/file/59556935169.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131da9a3b8fd---46269022522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/28658859479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/43903501403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldprint.su/userfiles/file/gikuwegimaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/66962171031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7h8pjrar51qcr4lpkg6msk4i5/15616026016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/motobogozuxitodenulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englishkan.net/UserFiles/File/70370528218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pobirakuzodeganuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.net/slicice/file/rulapabax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/61984560218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/vomupuribotisusuvos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28785861149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c76046210912b4641c6b36d7a681c87d/25278974488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/domokavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/jasolixagiduxopuxomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/xaraxasebaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b7b.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/71025537910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/40941133553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/bolesefokugumizefetosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fruitssupplier.com/app/webroot/img/files/naputijevuwunolixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87016604958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovojob.com/userfiles/files/subarikevebenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=island+%28huxley+novel%29+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_off0000ee7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001068f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068F 18552 bytes
SHA-256: bec7c27561a6719592a451f74a302024ad5129ecc06b10ad8157092ea92eb431
font_02_sfnt_off00013739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13739 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 4ee53941edb86f8579bda455075ed22f2c560a0d78b8710ed7c9b56b50f5200e