Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ee41e61ca12bd26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-10-06 09:17:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: d9241bdea53eace8d04eb29161e64943 SHA-1: 4a8b7245129fdbbb866c8058dac4675be3894706 SHA-256: 9ee41e61ca12bd26c1533e6476eec72b2f7b64fe88fc66d9cf5afc1609c0f63f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, some hosted on potentially compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/kefez.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80697804477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satunatc.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojolatutiderumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/pudesuxukanagode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/zozejeduveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/54004359058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613639f876785---41973515489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e9d13865f---fumisirimobozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huseyindurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/87818771574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edukoc.net/userData/ebizro_board/file/kezapidilufavevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/23120077432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158cc9f72015---zufemaxedudimigedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/79350969388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/zedaduzokakijilidededif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/53150518814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/60458182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelinyuanyi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-10-4/20211004140725265918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145defa67fa2---64429985005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snabsz.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23973437424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/gizesuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfo-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/78531490247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theloanwala.com/userfiles/file/67468735099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneaselina.ro/userfiles/file/forisujesawakivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.savininkai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/togimuverozilogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktien-analyse.de/images/File/zamagikigivuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=we+are+odstPDF 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_off0000f3da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DA 19436 bytes
SHA-256: 3259b907484aa813966515f8a564076722d719ddf017dee7da23377c5a22b043
font_01_sfnt_off0001265b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265B 9992 bytes
SHA-256: d2396b3243dfaf76336c33d15737c5056380a4f3a1bc6543f12591fc2056ea04
font_02_sfnt_off00013ca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1