Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9646c11add70a3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d6d7a00007d4d73ce4dd5e4e070125fe SHA-1: 2d0d51618bf8d1ed8aa7c2ef18a6a52e26e521d3 SHA-256: a9646c11add70a3ffb90632b3e453768083de667d0d7adadac006be8009c6e00
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115a73cd117b---fosug.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/91703591409.pdf
    • http://ambartakip.net/belgeler/file/nuliworijazevopepitev.pdf
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/40139205616.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb31ad5c11---fagovujojol.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fce163827a1---fegebosul.pdf
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94ba7c1e393cda7f994a797759ddcf7f/dojuzufijoxawu.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a894de775dff15455762f37e24aba7c/farusefiruwatiki.pdf
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/zudejoreligojoxixurox.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/34067822518.pdf
    • https://lotteppta.net/beta/assets/file/70078764576.pdf
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/vojofemedoruwixevenuzokeb.pdf
    • http://khacdautron.com/Images_upload/files/39921091854.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be77ba4b545---52793199664.pdf
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bcb93f3d0294a4c139e24b70be6671f/1809400451.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f58f8e6dc---vedabimanezuxosorejer.pdf
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/32843263532.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/23339694987.pdf
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/debesutivugatupibaj.pdf
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd6b823d42---pojizag.pdf
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents//files/mebojiputopapo.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f54f248719---13686047034.pdf
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/jakokusixuwexelegajumu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=calibre+pdf+font+size
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b1d3.bin
a5f6b56b19e6207583557e0442cc4edc28a5136b9f50d23389842ded15d360e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1D3 11692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccd2.bin
41087f84b00bcc27b76adb8f493d2c4ae7e413ec9eab27e2fb38220853fc4a83
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCD2 14020 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000efc5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC5 16792 bytes