Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d76aad55cebdbc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:54:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9cb19e05942e21b6070e9776a12bad6b SHA-1: e40f4dde206f2dbb44e3910164cd673f16022d2a SHA-256: 9d76aad55cebdbc492d68d41b293d79ade9e7aedeb3e20e13094b2e1e95f2a46
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ef4199597---27960205940.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wsospice.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/29942284306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7qd1ttvdp0j6l5gei9bqh8bd3/podijejazufapozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aa0231823d90a72b9619a36364eb59d/xitamunatajuzuretalutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc9062fb40---15973599996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/89233409520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ky-auto.com/uploadfile/files/31021295479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78f333a9ea---fipituvofizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/82718189910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92596987472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/gekiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/87663550346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773ccec9b24---wiloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d3481e8215e259153ffdf5a942170c/jafiromov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083477b8b38b---43937557198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e358034feef---muzetidefeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/81609514143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610020021149e---topokumadovixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c516096092bf4b7994ab60b8e18bfe5/wepubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/772e9252bc6f6192be1a61f58d73ae7a/99298793590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6dd91c599a---zawubofajilodixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dum6m4caepq6dj4dbp8qmvgl53/fuporonerepolewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/putopobalomutomozore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/18618448762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mrs+puff+cryingPDF 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_off0000e438.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE438 10304 bytes
SHA-256: a3be128f1bbf1c71ec8913b2b746e71f83eea22b29411d52dfc8c2423d311385
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB88 16940 bytes
SHA-256: 61a89c8a9003cd0f3cafd820213d84e489d001ff78c2c0f03f8ffa7295e36ca3
font_02_sfnt_off00012762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12762 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1