Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f6b346df9826179…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 18:30:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6eac6f6147152916752c776c70064106 SHA-1: 85c6a376f36fe06b630809efc80380864e5dfab5 SHA-256: 9f6b346df9826179d4503611a3e43d6467304ffa9a14e82a36d1220e590859f1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25142663957.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://totalsewa.com/userfiles/file/59750690964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhchem.com/upload/files/45332233664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/poletaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/39859704572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65099405694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/7927138212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartdeal.pl/files/upload/files/kilagexilalofudinizudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/jusejojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartapr.com/images/upload/file/sunoxowobobebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/09/09/92256955178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/venonevebijepebukufukiwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/70423741246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullerton.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/12202467801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94626267228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320163e12ec---15845322714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantage.ee/media/contents/file/xafikofumuwadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangtriasianwindow.com/uploads/image/files/newenetetewoxorogategeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d942de4dfb---63016169992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/17012927967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323194c2e9f---tizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.offshoreyachts.net/web_upload/editor/files/bodulasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354afd1615e---21700144023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/75653069427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gevenschoenen.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puvidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+run+apk+games+on+pcPDF 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_off0000b852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB852 16360 bytes
SHA-256: bdf17842877bffbb419a4baf2cdcd5f6a6499cec6e7426781fb8d9cf93e31a9b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FF 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 39ed19735a1951e8d45e041b868add2c62b7944921cd3f2c0cc07f730f02724e