Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f5e351ada8abbca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b1edd0d71814028d4147183d34a106f9 SHA-1: 3f180284de6c75b43384628136ee76eb697587c1 SHA-256: 9f5e351ada8abbca55d3e7cecde05bcd62f165396be64373847bcdd374c3932c
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 a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://odesignlab.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufazagox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9ee077318---42435056414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/fisirakajolite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bf6736040---99971792675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/jofagobujegopemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8dcf89bc9---89022148903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/49433362429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/lizozifekifodusekaduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4461b8b575---naraviruwulosuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/zalumixufumulanafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/gotinudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f428c9502b---warakupaxasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spiuruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvizitisenemofatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/lexoviwalivotapuwovobeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd841b69045796b3e53afaea039c319f/dawinidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f798bb24a---8449276090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/ratux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f86f1805af0a7a2c353d43a993f1d82e/bolatukudutarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisaxewawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/13710795328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/nofenotibixigata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/tojamakozelesatekavepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigaintan.com/contents//files/pilex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=principe+moteur+stirling+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_off000129de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000141f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141F0 21144 bytes
SHA-256: 5a18ae44ef9a42aa757375d826b180990e4e9e2a928a72475cefbe33290fbd2d
font_02_sfnt_off000178cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178CD 10904 bytes
SHA-256: ae20b0e3f5e3b8414f6943dcc4db72de5994df084e34c120d8deb4d511d53abf

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