Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d74a0b71e5df7d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:18:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7557655dc945ed7c263060a89be1d5ba SHA-1: b84969166752f01ed98e190c7b2e4a6dbf066c48 SHA-256: 9d74a0b71e5df7d10b6ce38b1305e05cc0eac59358ee615e148865372c1d7ab1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish or deliver a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or payload download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4f2atqmgronmam52iak9p6efv/36430401031.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890f97db824---33712116782.pdf
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/7299972544.pdf
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/13969295821.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ddd0e056654672c42263bbdc1b37cb/44227569917.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4948033fa0---mutevovenez.pdf
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62166496189.pdf
    • https://98ing.com/upload/ck/files/20210625_231246.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bbf6c3bb3---lafubunuboxifi.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05145e5443---jogelixakafuniwumerom.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs026s3qrsb4ipnic66gujun77/lobepixadibalabufenovo.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4f6c1a80a---pivasobitezafip.pdf
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/setogeg.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76f2cd103---56994804836.pdf
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/27664590113.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f83701f7f---jemijeka.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/6032762062.pdf
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuvixoninokapabizo.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a6ee4bb2316911d03518cb10ab00b99/semovibone.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ef7a00e78---gifulokunujazofodarab.pdf
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/52053264323.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ai2d0lhqp166ca3ucn3kmu327/52317517570.pdf
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/68064200906.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=wow+classic+beastmaster+hunter+build
    • 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_off0000cff8.bin
ff3292be65786cafff2a11dae0e6ebb1de1b4008c2f960f5ccb88130c322b9c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFF8 10952 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e936.bin
6463c752cef8ada9cd46ca4ed4ef7c1e4eb4c2fb72a0aa851e4c22a5d466e9b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE936 15772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000111c0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C0 16792 bytes