Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f4020302646724e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:35:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2936743e434baefc07eebdf275335b37 SHA-1: 77a92dcc5cead6fe39279ffddbf8c33513f7a5f6 SHA-256: 9f4020302646724ef445f13c3e58d6da3997e676344faf30b5f2bc3806f395e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunebalatuxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://coniperfumes.cl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/womumigifufivowideti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/luguloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f0b9c76e8---tawona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trust-law-firm.com/userfiles/file/20210901202503_1990698226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d34db35e7---pirufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicimanis.com/contents/files/fikuxujimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86246320218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/16583998731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashokarefrigeration.com/userfiles/file/16201474401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/24353689987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-immobilien.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewajepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/33690632845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/gelezorixuwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt1.com/contents/files/suxowazabezuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozkayalarlojistik.com/userfiles/file/70485320126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertf.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojekufoteragez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5d8bec346---64897430817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valentine.tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/bigobufidojixamanizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-h.cc/uploads/files/202109100433171833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtravel.clickis.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_D0220571766B3ACC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210905113100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/zaredamofufivabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bff805b2ccff43da7b609ed9050d08e1/91691390406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/74095344285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+grand+2+ringtones+downloadPDF 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_off0000ba5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA5D 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 47870dd980009bddd2342f5bc90bd9a827b63cb4c61f6292fe4501a10baa7600
font_01_sfnt_off0000e77b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF92 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 25d9bf187f8541390f78d471b923f1a381adb8e9a155bf0388799ef22cec4a5d