Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d11cd0a4ad532dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:32:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: df010ce418c99082f3ee55fe5d0562ce SHA-1: 8e19f2897f92dc68cbcd73948b645afa2b7eaa3b SHA-256: 9d11cd0a4ad532ddd6974425492f53e1f06560851d1d1bf696fcba4ca9ca09d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which are identified as potentially compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a secondary payload, while the link farm serves to obscure the ultimate destination and increase the chances of a successful compromise. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://kristiankutschera.de/userfiles/file/kanasegenevalezibolosi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/30974217666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e26a9a1349---mapofiwasasiwilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fireprovietnam.net/luutru/files/24691332686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/wapozagagotanarobavafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baxejubukadexesokeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/bugofipexojinivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/guvobunazijifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhdaquyhn.com/uploads/news_file/jafuwoselerezufizafivaset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwrapcarspa.com/upload/files/xinenipudovilowilevagomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/vobeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77636466146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/vonuvoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44b89d1e7196b74bab9b3cbef05528c4/ridejabaditoxuvozurugexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/61201744102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613029bdc3075---napazabobevikigadigewejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-pod-rozhlednou.cz/img/file/nejesatudawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-9/file/LwpCms2021_09_03_13_47_03_6097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134eb3476244---vezegimebavuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/bejokagopaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/62984269397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4f0a693cf0e4834a15c289d244183fd/getumugegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911121851363029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=answering+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ec47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC47 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 251088b86649fe2bcf7179046023928c635ad2b25378bbbf0a6cc8b3fcdbdc61
font_01_sfnt_off0001199f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199F 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 010e53067ebb0dde980611ef9cca9ca18808051f8a40364d5b3b8d49674b5f42
font_02_sfnt_off000131d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1