Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9db1ac8fa2ffe276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-27 06:19:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5fdf2dd45d2c599d08e4c06e4bdb5b2e SHA-1: bffbe3fd68435fcc7c7f13dc8296267a6c6f3d63 SHA-256: 9db1ac8fa2ffe276ba2d384c9703c10c80dd54caf5577eb251310b362b323d9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614700e1bf776---xixijorukulutitafunefe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/wumuwewabuxetazawowuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents/files/48644817361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1apigroup3.com/contents/files/45547287082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613514258c9b4---tunisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14968981073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampoernastrategic.com/uploads/image/files/3276295056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.com/userfiles/file/wulitonebuvogetifusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/47261676029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirutte.com/newsfiles/files/mumuzebusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baoveantam.info/upload/files/27001072977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/30292821126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bbfc2ef9db---22548489891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9j53nsaa6l0lldkeoh3v9mesj/96619755333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimeluxarojuwiliguberem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6e4311f4e---89403317128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordavril.com/userfiles/file/xurinemuxodofatofabafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfci.com/userfiles/file/21665617553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/8377434694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivaldelmaridaje.com/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/83880097073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d328d9a51b1fc52a50ff32d0c840c4/vonitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27968017102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bd1fcf6697d7c4ea61918e8075bb607/57315217260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myarrahnu.com/mo_images/files/79112529808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/32144662445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hensuyenpqa.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48438060157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/22460337640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_90FAD67D3BF29CCE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=composicion+de+funciones+pdfPDF 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_off0000c136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC136 19380 bytes
SHA-256: aeaf2888e758838e6497caf69dc33cefb03dc2adf559e0cb0e5a276cbb00aa69
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C5 10508 bytes
SHA-256: a53a1c4c2815be76acbfdf89e1b3510ae6f802ed96101063c8f4cdfb6c95cb6b
font_02_sfnt_off00010ba7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1