Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f4bf61805d8f190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6643c02ae9df63859aa98ba97e5c07b4 SHA-1: 178b4a0002e3a178498dd129bd9b129250fee891 SHA-256: 9f4bf61805d8f190ce651d5378677e00fed96a21e5d260ada778cf41b6ee22a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, suggesting the primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially malicious or phishing content hosted on these compromised sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+saw+the+light+watch+online PDF link annotation
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4548b41522---90344280185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gt6juo3lj3tam7v0ic2tjui7sk/85106251704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpqjnodet5bakheui5taqicdf4/junure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1aa0ec7e3---mivaguxikusuviwapaxenuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/lisibemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/xubedazojarazidewusafemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/puligoxobidareva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haliburtonhighlandsheritage.ca/userfiles/file/rikafofekakalokuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161118da6156b4---11030428945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/pifizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shastriratanchatterjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29846015352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94384407439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089af422482d---79523486967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073591dc5263---5302351425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a326dd3c44bf3aeac55f447c9a03adb3/4124679419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d5b2f60f75---larujolobawijuneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/renifinigixotavimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5e7e0648f6fdf3f49cda2a7ce52949e/13385879796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/40293647284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f30f6e6e686---fikelimelakuxifetar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudezose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/zajavetawutexugiletowota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labradory.pl/file/2211152449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123925c2fb03---55999734673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/wuwopovexijevivedel.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_off0000ea05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA05 18264 bytes
SHA-256: e86b5c1a9f77c881ce0ba41355d78130d76b8f5b0fd0053d05d16e3de303a675
font_01_sfnt_off00011950.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11950 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13167 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 706d35a61909a3c528ec42b9d62d7be6cd99e1e582f807562725aaf88eb450c4