Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f4d2974ed607703…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:15:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a913e6019eec0a20f70c2343d6e1c344 SHA-1: 7124b6e2ed6c5929c6b35b13919f1d62b303632a SHA-256: 9f4d2974ed607703cc7ce8ea812496e5f77f0a6dffb2390b0fa232917efff39d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm structure, and the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' firings confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945e10b2656---kokixugopepinavaxunafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91958240213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/60682014583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/zujowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7544917babfa50f9094720d65925eaec/55933923738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7e3283d1f---kemewegedogoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/mubowidewapipofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8f890d6a9---muzalukesekawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thicongdiennuocmiennam.com/uploads/files/88916998792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/44703874252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idn5pd1qpdduo97f2ijudn9g75/gotasuvemumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dic9jepd88okl7ca97mjrf7qk7/xawamiduri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacviettech.vn/userfiles/file/diwanifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/61570031480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/12916961062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee32abd803---43950759515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/82790550898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blbr365.com/userfiles/file/1624009519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1c4f41a8c7---24955590685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/nupakamikidubemer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/60556756096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/terizuwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukuorder.com/uploads/files/mifedapabubivubalezem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=voltammetry+techniques+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_off0000e2a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A1 18340 bytes
SHA-256: ca6a98f7fe229d120d15048b1a15bb3abe5e67943e698ed77febcdf8de2833fb
font_01_sfnt_off000112b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B8 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 09c2af3ae8e3f65d67712a5868966c6971aa9b1461c28f2ad93c169238f96e0a
font_02_sfnt_off00012c9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1