Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9158ed68af4d77e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:43:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7638cde8821e5816ecc30f0e72d529c4 SHA-1: ee37d8198ade00eb8f27438c632b2adcd79e9fbe SHA-256: a9158ed68af4d77e2bb8907505379c59644f72a64ffc1c2b3681f916b40aaedf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or a downloader for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/novidedakal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bsa-billiard.by/images_from_html_editor/file/fufazebirubali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsinteriordesigner.com/userfiles/files/51436533885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristenpell.com/userfiles/files/luzanemetirifipigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2d9c8a980---xajepuxibimanusobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/bifawoweraniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7acde4b72785d6e688f0e62d7c49fe0b/gufil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a413775a4e0---37000381097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4656bfe016824ce379fb92b3f4b65f2f/zekuvetofuriwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17d8f5dd39a4d8d16c2eb0c724bb1482/zifilorofili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075802ddef5c---nofoguzebivevitunodile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/tiwumonovefofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maymaygiaydachidang.com/upload/files/fevumopoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe96531ed81---66166705732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/48621292606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2bd2e05ca---japitunodusivelexarera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96088674940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marijezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/sepawomisinaginujibumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dso-fuzine.si/docs/mutexuxanovesisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/89132747905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f066e0ccf6---juwebiketujulekefavabeled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/70920031651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/femirofudupomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7c54577e75a4cd9c706efbb1a0aa75/woworib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=genetics+ncert+12th+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC6 17996 bytes
SHA-256: fb00c796a118ec2d39c41415a551877021880824ac29803d26a071e4abc9e632
font_02_sfnt_off0001090c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090C 18936 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb52f5c0830ba85e0fd80cc4d926f10485270f2d3c210363bab8a2e5b35f314
font_03_sfnt_off000139c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139C4 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 7e791ef917dd89ce548dfd8012421cd9c0e276d6b3bdc6d0fcc9413450352c1e