Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f40a0938b1d0105…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 20:57:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1b1f0eefdf34ac4fd8f368792903e661 SHA-1: 621950d369b0288897540eaa2d4a7bf169508012 SHA-256: 9f40a0938b1d01052646aa3cd4f67df914ccef0aac41e90beacf464ec0f41526
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous links on disposable hosting, suggesting a malicious intent to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to harmful sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=equations+worksheet+answers+phet+balancing+chemical+equations+simulation+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dce567d1c0624ace5d2725eaecc3a7f5/15934706200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/31120239530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/toresufesixapubapobudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escalierdurire.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22698671749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1aa5954c4---kuxewogofiwosijiwikotopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kudbjpeponfrkbfa8i5g0pi60o/femigasibipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fad1401c633---45828213603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb15f28ccd---16783568892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757e42bd983---kemamibomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/pidubatubimimatedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83v2bnpvulec6luiuuhbqj0in/37299735304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2419e9f3e90dece91584cce169761ac4/rojiputova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tensoinox.com/userfiles/files/31132098550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202108102024142442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/60d627e67241d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/25052066798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/33460126078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/liwufisimifiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/41275725448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxuxeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/nesimawidewobiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f0c06084e4f884d3323339a80a9675a/41070842357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bb2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB2F 11480 bytes
SHA-256: 7dab95c94ab9e53448c73e8bdb8d38c462c425a25fa1df11e8309e01b28d6be9
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B2 16020 bytes
SHA-256: 47bf9bd87ac8c05b106b7c9b11cc9334420f6b500c7318bb085f22ec4f288201
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1