Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e26c5e5394b634c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

248.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:24:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6e6cc5783e7f8135c62c55d4b3dcbda2 SHA-1: dc75cce2e08d26bcd5cb5570fc9ebf244c7e62df SHA-256: 9e26c5e5394b634c908280a4644f8aa0c1ef568c9593f6310d9e01e90dd6a7a4
214 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The JavaScript likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristics. The presence of a password-protected archive lure suggests the PDF is intended to facilitate the delivery of a secondary payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9839

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/650tolde7ubgle9in6fnd7ujko/94234456229.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/mepisatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/50309688220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/xipivik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/forimirabasumalogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/72520417552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f4870e8e9205223b051b99adb877330/fexinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenenirelopoparasemunovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/sujifizirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0ff41a5df---71875488132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/58373497688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744772d575f---8582070202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d88c3782a0997ea8851502446c67a63/bofelusejolava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bi-acaovo.com/upload/files/53720421120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608707cd2c61f---52031304694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d20d30b0e---76108464460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf1e9299899---ramewesegigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfff076b00---kuzelawederitunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manninareunion2012.com/clients/0/03/03b30fdf9aaeeba733afadbef254ff7b/File/gedupowarokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/79297972954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/98721080423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210603_C3DD94FB978C94CE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=r12+to+r134a+conversion+chartPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00035553.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x35553 18944 bytes
SHA-256: 96b6af83eebabe6b93895baf861eb15cc0e7a81b98788878d70ad672193550f6
font_01_sfnt_off000387ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x387EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0003a005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3A005 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 94964b90fe3889e2ca2b46c9ff890fd7758a9cfc836d45d5e7e90346a1cbd0f3
font_03_sfnt_off0003b91b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3B91B 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 481afe93fc8f341849db9e656b182ef1375cabf835acca02e9d2a088742bad07