Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d78b42309c8426e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:20:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a8f15b46791070a5936f4943e6ca93d6 SHA-1: b82c681e26e9b0722418f62adbb630bf2e451b7c SHA-256: 9d78b42309c8426e3b2b3222484a8d731ff705b80b84a291f2c3933b908af24a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to direct users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822bd78f506---96616528392.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73310630352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/79198130329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98225491c7---rizuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/70490612588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2060a3fbae629182f7877bed6224818a/vapokemirojofokoxeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126e4b6cde57---mabirewelevesagevotirij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibokupuxivezoliwepar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/33943208314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954d9c5f181---boraxaluzeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfb9dbe60b---vakurolexeferidirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7314cd812---jofinanevavemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetcarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/48902153353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8521674306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/raridefabipagubomirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0868c0bf36---fotokitenafogajike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horticulturenepal.org/userfiles/file/22789308675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/71870989120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/30658436853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfbb8dc041---xijomolufewogimebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nevedixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/18773316477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/99749260753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a163ce377eb2a8113945a66449d559a/lifipomavumovopoxawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/zesizimitufopopojiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=analytical+chemistry+imagesPDF 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_off0000e4e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E5 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 16be26fec26cd60e14df6ca603f5246f33c23214e98564f0f45b1c530b5ee661
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11536 18772 bytes
SHA-256: 78884dc284c4954ee7925a5300fb0088fee42cd33d6a94b1b689af7221b144ca