Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d5935ba3b82a7c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:57:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 66c76c72f579443e3063967f1c6450a8 SHA-1: 8f65e0e3f64ca9ef780e33b0586b5f03a92788d5 SHA-256: 9d5935ba3b82a7c56a168db4581f4214112940a10a4ff322a607cfdde6814fac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination and distribute a payload, likely through a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb4179c99e1bd1f0d7f4c0f75a63404/90114515713.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076afa26cb9e---59257127473.pdf
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t9jqbl42bim8i2mqn8aivsbhc/sekufujiwijolivol.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed67aa28d0---58849714211.pdf
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a479bab72c1---78600350280.pdf
    • http://evansmedia.ca/userfiles/file/dejamomeselop.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933049a7607---5180044759.pdf
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85462323574.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aee94c191---49573072377.pdf
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe583fb9c69d8ea6960e2d894f58ad8d/76828719268.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2eadb8674bab959973f5c71a332520/75840368243.pdf
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/vevuwe.pdf
    • http://focostrade.com/files/20210628042823.pdf
    • http://boursemoi.com/userfiles/file/kegiregasovifebemivusa.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f4c1a5e9eda53f0f6a968e0ed7ccd56/38008039732.pdf
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/73560458419.pdf
    • https://igruppe.no/ckfinder/userfiles//files/vevowilaloke.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0068403ed1c408ae74577db98a6affc/82329744696.pdf
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/14219448872.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070feaab2619---87993932853.pdf
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e90cdd64922751ec9678cb52f48c485/kemirazibi.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u9h3rhr76nr92sms4l185mhfo/kibuk.pdf
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/tatolo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=spring+rules+engine
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9bd.bin
09252779126be61fd7619b4f23587f73e52c2dab9b56a8565431ad0b143635a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BD 17144 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116f3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f0a.bin
de84d529445cdbc8fa36dc7b06664901e5d94f60befbe99ddb34b715210e2a72
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F0A 10224 bytes