Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dc9961183d4e1d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 39cdfc8b9ef33dcc595447da76fb2339 SHA-1: 37544647da01904885289866422e097db2091948 SHA-256: 9dc9961183d4e1d4ff75fdd1d16f0e786974013d3714960b0585ddbd9a11f8ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://geobrofab.com/clients/d/da/da7cd3953015cd63472398095fc1fcdd/File/gexajawus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec78978486---kabonafega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup2.com/contents//files/65306054415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad0b028fba---pewadekegipefikarovimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/14638128006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/botijarazulufovisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genarchi.com/data/temp/file/36488639813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/5455762112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b578f7bdfb8---64220863874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5a409c756f3b33cd67f5b70b461d9e/jobali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/9359801020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oiut6cpenob7qj5cqbj9p0pv1j/56860897578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a8257a0db---gifufuxobefika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bantinnhadat.com/users/files/35263005829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea3d262b4dc0ae52b59855e084249088/8379786905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c9eda90abe445f020bb946cc659a37/nifajojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/828940d44ddc1e0cf57eed28221566b2/jibewewezawezavoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab73576fbf---53651871195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/fibafivukowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/dodazuluretasinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05181eb941c47648d10446ee066f756e/kukixubasonobiwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e910d36ec0d0d77f43bbb07aa49f7f28/93868757227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/61287735530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758e91d6ebb---gebimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=aprendizagem+por+refor%C3%A7o+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fegudulipemolenopun.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_off0000ec64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC64 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 33f0dac70f21176a54081654bf17602cb1c2333a82bec57215f7b9cf517911fa
font_01_sfnt_off000104f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F6 20352 bytes
SHA-256: 3860d3fe119c3a4f8ecd387ca88bab9f73bf275e5eb81e00b0b22f88d32acae2
font_02_sfnt_off00013897.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13897 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1