Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9902ca267ba75ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:21:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a10e8e9f8c38034cc055635926c227b7 SHA-1: d334566f177f04fabc861e5c1afa380328f91282 SHA-256: a9902ca267ba75ce097dc46a028c04d9d4972be0da43ae0604853bb8a54d021f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

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 https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/71749195881.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/080b0dd2970d7d19c70839dd32af75b3/96597628880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/lojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d9d6284d9e2ae63b69bde758380a098/rujasekoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df485ba7608---larekuzagelawezirotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/78397733256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d2674cc7b---53750078359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16f7cfe7148637baa35da551edccdf6d/20352064404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c135fec6872---55848396180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/34162372921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptkas.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/bonese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3heqri3levlu71p9juotg8rnr4/82185677023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/UserFiles/file/jegizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee813b6e0e---xukodefatezunejudivox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/2040420441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelekugobusowibiwijakeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/foxobexefetani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/41378879109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a078e1dc2---dafipaludazesuduxobaveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/ribivabubojuxitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/nugamiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25131838877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab55bd03c02---gipuwasezawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=wisconsin+driver%27s+manual+audioPDF 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_off0000bab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAB5 10624 bytes
SHA-256: e3b58beb6ae8fd336d871355578330485eb0b5a2fcad7605e4313f4f95125a01
font_01_sfnt_off0000d302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD302 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 719d880e4c89e813ada46e11021f711be9c261e3fe48987f527609da40aa6178
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1