Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ff72ada104c33ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:25:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f909a455bb0aacd0728dbe745cb1eedd SHA-1: efb6b25ad10fc50615dbc58e46b008b62ed232ab SHA-256: 9ff72ada104c33ca330bc39379f4e5bb1fd45bf414237c2ad6605302ffccda53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Numerous external links were found, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/67391657462.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca30a1259e---lojomuxewefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141452bd28cb---37790422132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613897d62328c---xeranogugifexuzawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transdeliveris.lt/userfiles/file/84242788786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/juzokuzutuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/96193173771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d8969ec04f41e40c7987c27d2d3f44/95026265804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbe68di9ufoe29gkm3kmasqba3/83018300272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021091103314280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexxeopaint.com/upload/files/91120992593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45434421755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/73050267023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/semolora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavagadesawoluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613468ec903c8---sawuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/sidokufikegekebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_A01A58EFDCC32F5F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/siwunewofolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/pifidixiguvemobejawojid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/42752925086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/pakelamupasirivivino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pewiworopopagariteniruda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=wps+wps+tester+premium+apkPDF 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_off0000b372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB372 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB89 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 80f80dc567b45f6fa75a15478c0aaf27a64252eac3a801db78297c695aea1303
font_02_sfnt_off0000e343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE343 14904 bytes
SHA-256: eb7252c5e273bec3a39f1fbaed7be9353ed897abf4c625b4e633f70b6e8ae1ea