Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f0b4d313cf7f111…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:21:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 24f79992a4633fdf4c24efd07b8c475f SHA-1: 0a5f3179a373810b9ff42336727ca4d79719c7dd SHA-256: 9f0b4d313cf7f111d4ef9da9443c6688cf015eec3e262a2be37e07bb52e393ce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous external URIs, including link farms hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially phish users or deliver further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://vietfun.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d0jnl0dr8gvvvsra5qmhl4qk0/jagotuguvowixojetolotisul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0t96a6vf4chh4csfrpplmiqp0/97345651953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1473a9c99---zizedimodol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/72794374966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab62c51ff2---21723086207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/210730174443166063ty1wol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/ronumepujegasifimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/sojuxamajigoluxeraxijugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pn9ktttldpk6pfjffikfgk7bo2/67915979840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e86a48be4f1dc49df4c29398b123664/pulusivewixigikeladixuwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/8989561716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/34442639300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/negedekeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/91930198218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a711dfaa44281d402897fa734e011604/zotuseduniwawazomizub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floral-design-lindgens.de/userfiles/file/xafipatodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/rawedaromukuzutuvofubif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/81066738504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atvatextile.com/upload/ckfinder/files/42404233366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/86960042062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e775becbbf9c7db1c7911790e3372554/bimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/52498214506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/26339876254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b94448513791abc3fe26e6c6f4d8e3f7/97542332206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909d122f80b---kosoripomixivovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suetv25cit6c3jdbk7ifsjs223/35757764700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba4f1e7d93f9f1229d8e34182b6d5d0/74576640737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=sickle+cell+anemia+genetics+pdfPDF 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_off0000e865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE865 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 78d9e17f7c43ba16589106308cf8bd3c12603b3a1df52bf37194310d07b0ac0d
font_01_sfnt_off00011762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11762 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 8147d7d8e8f1706abaac24344fbbb670262a1e5a1a69c7c261b16b2252f25e45
font_02_sfnt_off00013063.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13063 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1