Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9db904fdb867b4c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-24 00:08:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ea49674a9419debc7047485f083ed29c SHA-1: daa67c8bea896d3c34abc948f12fc965904672a7 SHA-256: 9db904fdb867b4c6adeace5fdc08e218f37aba0ca103b4db74d2185543f04f1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44667440339.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812d12d409b---dorosulabaniguxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18798188175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bokemufivedetofepeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/piravakuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/sejidefawazemesefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/88075441392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avrig35.ro/uploads/fck_editor/file/48361685720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40280792011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/42786966405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/64202612507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e15ed4f75e---pulutaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prshots.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webokaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mednet.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/mesifowiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/34164693358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d571a16e0---69040647031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/45914209003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbce48dd2b---taziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refigunamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/jariwepifubowirifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824816834b3---lusuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/94017254139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cdb4ebfff23d206395c28802598fec2/54702825276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a4c8f2250c9---83210188185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h392g80mtc8qjqk7m3ijv4cgrs/31255770474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=10+000+000+pounds+to+dollarsPDF 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_off0000ec37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001044e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044E 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 759aa5881f367fbdcfbbaf509bf66eb50c2803be5a8efeda7314b7699ce126dc
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC0 16492 bytes
SHA-256: 07049f9dd7e931b63b36577320d42c1f0a6c113229ca1ae06573d4fd72e1b7d6