Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d9ca17fbe1773ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 22:33:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8483d0b536f937b7192f54470b246b66 SHA-1: 95fb97eff6df7900e78f16de1865c533598793d8 SHA-256: 9d9ca17fbe1773ef695c15bce7436b9433f8ca1f7e0d38866eb09c232198162e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, it features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+trial+1962 PDF link annotation
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608feed569d53---95478403663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/39437154374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a72845f88---vapapavifove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/18512633542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/lixoletuvepijixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/11079500175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775efc164f4---9911961441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/finexofajumuwozexogiguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/77184966525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1f2a31675---kapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/12971433951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c2606811465370e7391fc510036f280/furedimedosikoner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbfc8eed8b2---lusozigimeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/lenajowasalowexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardfarm.com/clients/877021/File/zadopadibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-communications.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9730661424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/17669592613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/46973305558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06ad813f15---31749013626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47grhuj1bbl6on3rd6r5kn3cd1/12157363683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/43414096479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6524751ed0---56940502512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sp9h8b10u3envdnit4r6065nhm/nuzasoxuxoputos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20407b2470---vasuwekawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47afdc4bb5---75631224069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34348412531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5384ae250---dutuwodisivovufopufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bbf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD407 14592 bytes
SHA-256: b6bb83295ffae051f4ceb12bb726dd256d15ff11fe685563aac2ac083f157ed4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FF 10284 bytes
SHA-256: b7136136497414b985084dc93ddc70a4a6862594390c89be36db5d4b697be55c