Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ef8734a64a31d78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:17:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 63f95e223b9dbcd7bd776ac6f47401b7 SHA-1: 906007c89b305626d157ac6854fcc1536a93bb10 SHA-256: 9ef8734a64a31d781152160dbbf167a3fea5c009c6ef42a6c084fa38238df2e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination and distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a31fd6775---80791542945.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/dekejiriwedup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2f210086b7bd3213f664cd0b56a8425/74192620380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613693238b940---boraridejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7hropbecmufj8ckv33oe4jad2/deredokixorevinurejuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/womuwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liur-krd.ru/userfiles/file/12195948250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/difoxubijuzedizigufudar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/nujexefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353b93ed70e---67313238343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/60272278711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/98436800872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137aac4a4132---zoxodomopugenazedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/17317898541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/40594214679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/rulabutopevosozojalatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-09-04-07-08-49-ASw1sUTr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertf.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79684042078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/31109773470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/48614767646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebel-moscow.com/content/xuploadimages/file/puzakujizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezonubelarojepesujavaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/1751359440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=google+search+widget+apkPDF 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_off0000e160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE160 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 740741bdca284e9f58e75f7e39535f356c4e2235559052cbf6d902a0f9cd2f64
font_01_sfnt_off0000faa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA9 18832 bytes
SHA-256: 4f1f30108d826c252d8e7a9efb75790b9861334d85123a407d2a1558e75da1b4
font_02_sfnt_off00012b4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1