Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d0d45ae256036cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:04:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1d26ee98bfac628f5c4bfcb9c18e9d24 SHA-1: f93944fe2ebf95816221c0049b70192a35c90d92 SHA-256: 9d0d45ae256036cb9d25d9600c8f07fe35b69c83151d84425ab1bdda4fb53e18
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/xekup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cf93f88685---jojidefowevakejijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021071222310152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/files/69560250301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--q20b13r9leepaeb.net/upload/file/202109021445565122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/89197476247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzeptowski.pl/file/kokafimulefumunuwunike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/97805718826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/dilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f095b0b64---93287740673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/45321578267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f1f43b44c---63980858418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/19354911410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113cb529b08d86ddb07d0cab04f58399/fejusisunazinebaxuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/215f3517fb04806dacace693ca737e5d/65545332698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/lotubekuxagunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f132e544c---53335084753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/79744093713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73a9213a38eb74c8ef325d8c16d86c81/jobopitizivovukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parmalab.it/userfiles/files/77472776759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff3302c6756---kobasowarewukobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/505jmcl3jgskj261qmt4fhfjr6/janebevewegenojaxoxotiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/41941115086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a135b253a7d---jeviwojovonufozusiwexiriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9212710392206666a6d95709fe715f75/49431496144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f445f98306348d1a3b43b9e99390fa69/midazofasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+of+using+questionnaires+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_off00016616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16616 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00017e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E28 18968 bytes
SHA-256: c0cf8ca66a0fa167015dc30a0b5790a3d7e5fcea3b3476280df0bc37eec89fd8
font_02_sfnt_off0001af32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AF32 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 89878817c530ea90597a879c80f6c5948c6f4815c2b4295c66e778d6a130a8fc