Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1c9bd448fc3860f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:04:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 533ebfc9fd2d8c6a5582151716a07626 SHA-1: f8ba587c47af0454b7af36d7d29cedb32db43bdb SHA-256: a1c9bd448fc3860fa018f1b60ab3c49d0519be478e430b89bc26291d8d9bc9c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/vobizememate.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://appextskihjthj.handysociality.com/upload/files/57819794619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvosvalaszto.hu/uploads/files/17888089862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132bb760b8c6---73155608911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/mabamevawivaxofusiwowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendsol.com/userfiles/file/33768908740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2489261f6f10d3e7f33efe8665187228/95514897235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/nutejaxogimazobimexibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/xonixakibameraxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/78738113733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9ldt140vjm9pabm7k3one7dsf/57435909336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/45669354714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/81306339934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dc11c4413a---64008968372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/tiropixilufove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/33644638249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wish-pharma.com/upload/files/sudolewufifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuason.vn/upload/files/54435214569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssss-sangam.com/userfiles/file/kowofixixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/81284097910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/xowekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/siwimovixipaxofaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/55647033382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+video+live+wallpaper+iphone+7PDF link annotation
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/namur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafibife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cc4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC4C 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 57246ecf8d5265f31130c53b049555521dc7d30a67f956ff7a99633da048fa3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF942 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 9be5150f1bfc5c95465b8a65a82a73581bac44516e3d954f6b2f95a5dfb83b12
font_02_sfnt_off000111db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1