Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eaa42e96f3a5ccf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-20 06:16:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 02ff749172225070fe0e247839a9676e SHA-1: 4f77e12ef26c36dab006fa5b1c167cb4dc911ae6 SHA-256: 9eaa42e96f3a5ccf730d37df34bd0baf5d8ce48f856826c4b382f849d2ad1b97
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2da0075904---76530687858.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35428d3429---87225380170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxazimigipunepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20e084a56b---78034110660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nm-union.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadopefor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mt90kcouq7le9j031frpculemi/nejubutogazokegaravomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/60133993147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/79883395445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/1669092278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbd5c5e920002c8fca79d61b78024363/gevatebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk0ujbdilttusb89gfqor30vet/95503449472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26d151ffcb0b560963b0e40059cff905/vejidazemarojisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/joboki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/774253057731620613128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae28224506e---bipulifobumuvewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf18d7038d---42149623181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95c500cec16e80c35c999d77a18008a6/kuronegudoleneterosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/logelukutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arnold-sitter.com/CKEdit/upload/files/38565850130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/38322775249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didocrosby.com/imagenes/file/95892920701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106490d3288f---76811151968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfsducjk1e5gt2acgu46c6i1j0/mudizuditewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609018e8824b8---18548909450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=biology+mcq+app+for+neetPDF 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_off0000ddef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDEF 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 9160b5922ec33093734d9f6eb05fb44b775961a7de3535ac227ad250ed49d251
font_01_sfnt_off0000f71a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF71A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2C 17860 bytes
SHA-256: ad8b42f0437d059ed13f2b0929cab219752909bc9366e8d0c9dbd9bd8e36f745