Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ff8474cf8b7f95f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 10:54:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 18e6f30ef918f2dda8db736cc3f54db4 SHA-1: 37eb0993621682263fcf37b9e2245536382cdd18 SHA-256: 9ff8474cf8b7f95f079efb3ec08f794cdc3a838853fc41d4d905c09c93e23ea3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The document is structured as an image-only lure with a click-outward action, designed to trick users into visiting malicious links. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e48564af98---54537437428.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/goguxiduxasizutamodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/27499353490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/kagarewofumivubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redengewinnt.com/userfiles/file/29494884119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/putedefizagetuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614224d27f9fd---14620300581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nabajegamolibaxuzadope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/kidajeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/46932354334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qec0s7hvioqboq9t1rn4k35i5k/lijemawirono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/32261032796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/gebogakopofekukosak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/tuxewopuvesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23624586069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sauminandy.com/fckimages/file/97215537221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/vozizoxalawajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c8ab4415b9---63171185731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarigol.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/wuxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145ca1e572eb---98549666783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalone-mould.com/gbw/fckfiles/20210923184506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erh-hu.com/userfiles/file/banujiwafodozage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=qual+o+melhor+jogo+de+basquete+para+androidPDF 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_off0000af8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF8A 11412 bytes
SHA-256: 36f202cd5e5de3c78148669d306ff169754aa869ccab73ef4932c4fbfed31624
font_01_sfnt_off0000c98e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC98E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A0 13680 bytes
SHA-256: b5cc73d6850358612561aa166302e2fe280a984083b8f849404170259cdacd38