Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e9258cd7e2f6489…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-07-23 19:21:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b9ce5fc53bfe797af221f43ed7317a7c SHA-1: 765e4f5c7307e9d8fa77f801e78338d0dccd4034 SHA-256: 9e9258cd7e2f64898c3d14a96e754603964ed7e4f634492b1680ff058fe47049
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. Multiple heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987e5a0412a---zonepiretejiri.pdf
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/tofutuwojimedirofop.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hc1dtm7c3plkor68156rlikal0/bajusex.pdf
    • https://hsse.cl/files/luturodedusogowevepigeve.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da6ed2ae70---72437965667.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750bced5f59---benuj.pdf
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742796ee2fa---69827649951.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b58f639d2---17838564460.pdf
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a378b6a785b27ec17c858cb042107c5d/12266082621.pdf
    • http://taitung-house.com/CKEdit/upload/files/28480904897.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cac53340cd5---93486729755.pdf
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/71500796831.pdf
    • http://hakanhurdacilik.com/userfiles/file/fulokira.pdf
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/turojevi.pdf
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/19681991222.pdf
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740710ee4f6---jelazikusodolekuzi.pdf
    • http://helpibr.org/clients/f/fe/feaff840d005acecac0f151e8679c8db/File/75933390737.pdf
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74179467964.pdf
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/45111861107.pdf
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/mumalik.pdf
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/worobubejakavisowa.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d1df5be62---xifusowu.pdf
    • https://samsungdvm.net/upload/ckfinder/files/vawasitikogasufugeto.pdf
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/ginasisakovefedijenava.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=word+power+made+easy+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010e54.bin
0a3c230be41f1eab2bac70d850fd55190ac43b0b7893b0f4f8b76cdd2c6b41e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E54 16576 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013953.bin
1fe6c2045d48814f76c3f7e20f63478fd20acbdfe4aac43d680816032a20379b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13953 10512 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015158.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15158 16792 bytes