Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9592786bf6b3ced…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:27:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 62b42d8651fdf81c92cf59796df3e86b SHA-1: bf5b99c7a9c5abad1fa1558b5e30bb6841aa8515 SHA-256: a9592786bf6b3cedd1f43d2dcc4a44dde93789f7b78d4f454f930154d750ee4f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=firestick+tricks+cinema+hd PDF link annotation
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/62589358490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/70449960230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/rakop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/wuxusesagonimajuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0ac0f78c5a9696d2cae9d78207affca/wajobovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85308588307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13084974114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/xibajifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/kibosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22fc284a431cf3f19125b1e355df802c/14992665892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355252df4d1---26223795529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basalyemek.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikabanizodaxuponu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/baditugofudavuresipikiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/44293492029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conviviodihera.it/dati/upload/file/lorabipekifoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhtoangalaxyhotel.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/84270264844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/megefelejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89184362896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/dosabasapexagelimezado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/pajusemeginekeveduwexibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarenpinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/73399391266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semut73.com/contents/files/vukiwesozadaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dintainoodle.com/uploads/files/dowedagarowijowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400d6d5b106---78253719342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakaygame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/girezabog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613798cca0748---sipemugo.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_off0000fbe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE6 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 3ebcc28c52a0d50746cbcf5e2b07bf52968fe0aeaf46bcb0aaed2b99fba92e58
font_01_sfnt_off000113b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B7 18892 bytes
SHA-256: c1cb762369b7074b940d08b1089953c78418c845d4b6db7a01c1010da0b974ce
font_02_sfnt_off000144f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1