Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fb467aae3c07f46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 19:59:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 19f6ecc380d4560d4ce489fd8ab8a6dc SHA-1: b0c3751656a07f2f29e1c0a722c305912c4df83c SHA-256: 9fb467aae3c07f463ac63f8e2daeaddbdabe658a66236af87dfc8d60f13d7b69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/junaxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/zezodowevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/19045836791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefupokekumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/dafopotujuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27712495063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63a50fdd8af314399c286c10561fb4be/lugitiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37367d50752376dcf9a22c866af79d1d/77356407672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/75834015390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8696ba3645114a13816807fad3ca0440/39718504410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac36900889d19b3cc4a5f3a3c8e99197/karatotunonafemivitopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/15167692136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/pivetefodudipew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f579c3d5a9---newapuzojatovagisusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8mkm737b9lf4pfp6334fph7h9/jokuvokewemitiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/gatelisovoxonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2f6a9b630f8c6d99af3d36e79f5c308/disititif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/penulureluji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10095303136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28aa069114---64814806360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajupisefunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d541227f4---94965079869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=breeding+for+quantitative+traits+in+plants+3rd+editionPDF 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_off00016c52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C52 11212 bytes
SHA-256: fe6d06e0cd2c73584ba99f920e2179f9ada21429c284a443ab49c68d965398c8
font_01_sfnt_off0001863f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1863F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019e51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19E51 17924 bytes
SHA-256: b987c03afcca65e7adc16d427fb1d40c554c5a31e5eddb9fb41e5d3b2a87d726