Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9310a93fbc02481…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:31:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9b50afb9f3caf36a63ee8904224d5323 SHA-1: 770efbcdc248be064644c0751279d9d47e72a85e SHA-256: a9310a93fbc0248108661fbb0566cd0a9d19197ea24bdb39639f29622870ce25
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The PDF also hosts a link farm pointing to multiple distinct domains, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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 http://unewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/16651919549.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44180395728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merlegdoktor.hu/tmp/38565933571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxlcd.com/upload/file/10499866335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicostradi.eu/userfiles/files/79552887974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cfb1159689---59225651302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/surexepejexafunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34960714214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davnosti.ru/upload/fuwewozijerepadifexuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5ca42eeec---xakigemozizaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/64269347506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dblbtech.com/userfiles/file/riwewokutagosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy-office.it/userfiles/file/xaweriwepebewibaxitijipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613282da2739a---ponejatojasasusadoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614233b223f0d---dipedudiziloxiviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161339a197380b---witajexogabatunivobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charteriraq.ir/basefile/charteriraqir/files/suvalero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reeder.ee/files/filemanager/xugebafejogemudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9555a518a223466d00c386f7e967490/wozabamamalaput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwimixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/93046734884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/viduxufifewazixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/jiruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60988998199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etevent.itweald.com/uploads/files/614022a97ffde.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shamayachts.com/upload/file/27102737808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+mobile+to+mi+led+tvPDF 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_off0000c2d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2D6 15776 bytes
SHA-256: 7baed32b78e3e232a22af776833b6b6ece586f2efebb2eaa83c78b6bee5d9a9f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10334 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 604bfbc359e9f7c56e094fbcb023b8bb7ca9f248695526aac70974d39568961d