Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9efc3bf1b8272149…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 15:48:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 90f20e6dd11a70f7e32b24bdcff406d7 SHA-1: cbfc9c0cd02d89e9ca363d7376c18449bdef0905 SHA-256: 9efc3bf1b8272149c3f1a3e7e077f48ee918c7a99bad0c42429e51e04e12d86e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/rudusoloduwuxirasuzozaxux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/kuxijajusefujeluwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983fbd7e9a9---35196404869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96100df674---28887377790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1764p9n340omqd2o8br5v7lsj/latokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/nudagiziwijojexegosezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/37227213494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/533873ee6e17783f2ed9bff6c443b958/diranuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dknbuj7h283aqrvju7hr70pth/75974381731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb56f656c1---16357114933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/11553560808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63fffc0c83---fekibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b4a86dc91---78293983589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/86371270637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd65b7d8b1---xesedoxudedagomejuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b940e4e97f0---dixosasodejuzijasuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106167aab91e---64216734365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/narex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interface-graphique.com/upload/editor/file/41442998144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/38143337594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1a5e7eab6---gujigigowas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fa1e0e362---97270462541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/23526812100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+dog+treatPDF 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_off0000fe62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE62 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 486d999ca0d28577c0361feebe7778867135e9fde9c170d9983075437776db6c
font_01_sfnt_off00011595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11595 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012da7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA7 17152 bytes
SHA-256: e64895a97898ba41f0eabde60d8a6811b7f316d5c8f8e9b520146070672a131c