Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9915838549edf7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-25 16:52:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 38a0eb595e5f802b80267a62db42b11b SHA-1: 65dd56efed4c0ba76143d7251fcc2bbf987fc533 SHA-256: a9915838549edf7a2734c34324a998962cc4f4822c0da7d0258b3d6cc4bfff54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised or malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/nomawerumebojubemama.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hnyinfeng.com/d/files/tewumozinisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/wulokodawezerazokefezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/75561638508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8e7183c57---gefodexugiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--72ca1bzcdf9cg5df4n5a8cei.com/userfiles/files/jixojobolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d999692e5---16528146534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerekesvillszer.hu/UserFiles/file/piwukuwuxidufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/rexiwinulefumuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weekendtripskolkata.com/userfiles/file/56691322186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ea8d1dacc---jomezosufilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/vulifojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffbc0379ef---33430638686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/id9r7r5vm84kodtnl9i1352dj6/59827116976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbbfbbknchz.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/ralopomutiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solentpodiatry.com/jackvl940/web/content/images_uploaded/file/57849620093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manvilastrust-org.bvirani.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78703556682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdekdyjak.cz/data/36434518439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tries.cz/media/images/upload/file/jefitowaduvasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65842803056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowassenindex.nl/images/uploads/rugisubefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songod.vn/uploads/image/files/wolipagonusipevesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africahistory.net/africahistory/upload/files/toruzusudesamuzawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jobsandhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/lofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=tech+geeks+4k+android+tv+box+user+manualPDF 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_off0000b054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB054 16360 bytes
SHA-256: 876b84fd9bc2bb6d356699ff99d77e7f90a7209366438fe9095c41d1ce80325c
font_01_sfnt_off0000daa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B7 11356 bytes
SHA-256: a0349b826d2cf7f48d2ce26b5da6829d5e855835ba37240aa94bbbe2ed6eaf19