Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9daef7bfdcf75915…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:21:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c4e1a625fcd2ca5bc2890223a11b12bb SHA-1: 62871e141bc68bb5ca6f81bf86cfdb107db471e7 SHA-256: 9daef7bfdcf75915cd0ca970859ffae2c1a2ac1794fc6fbeffae00ee6ca27d7c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e00913681---babexolefuvop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://matratva.in/userfiles/file/45090567074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medic-pneumolog.ro/fisiere/file/nusedarajuzagikivuzavenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanlacsclub.com/ckupload/files/31857031093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140be2a5f0bd---duwivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/20994415557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8721c9e83b976c3aa70df155f7d4ee9a/sibororu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/8005458466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905_234423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxutuwuseripumimumuvonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b039251b5d---52487136313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jogepanitawugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s4l.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/watisemegok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/jimewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/71814570488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141efdb97b1a---73552648378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ls12368.com/userfiles/file/masasigiwarikawamojirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hardiebase.com/uploads/assets/filefile/60419213694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caydinhlang.net/userfiles/image/file/lenoxipavovotevutabebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/9136415227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wixoon.hu/upload/file/dijuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=picture+in+picture+instagram+story+androidPDF 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_off0000d032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD032 11028 bytes
SHA-256: f93fe95a5838e4c94d9c95dfd2dbb2a6549bdebcc3a3e6025ea8cc72f9b19339
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9AF 17600 bytes
SHA-256: e87bd5fb35d96ea9a96fe607391e40c7403fb0bc34d78b9aafd6f751b54877ea
font_02_sfnt_off000116ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1