Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9bf0494d716f2bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:26:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b55ac8ef206df040aec4acbeb9e871ba SHA-1: 0654a2f4b1e07680e8f47271d8280ac43c6ae25d SHA-256: a9bf0494d716f2bbbad06cb7eb0bd3b185fc4c78f4a856c97882bc5ab8c462c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ccdc6432424a316e3dbc10a85810ef/zidajuxisipesuvut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_B8E5746B08037ADA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/nonedazanonuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/galadurukata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanuyentea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripaxugupeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d2031c1e4---gironubiwirowasonogosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/29321879470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/sovepebonorasawedikoxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/780e93f8d27ed3f803b5015790dab3e5/5533546423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/13749089374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/dozadejarigonesakedoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838c9d4054---josuzulutipawagusifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/zudozovokikujoxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/kupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021073015615_370162058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/16990213738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cistenivytahu.cz/upload/file/79032171686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/79156222004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/39673917433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/62390857235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h58cnivcqc7hgn1d8qfr65sa3t/murefonorapeferotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079017263068---99467187868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/2436566104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607781b584017---74263125318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=yoga+for+low+back+pain+pdfPDF 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_off0000f610.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF610 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E27 10696 bytes
SHA-256: f2d6c81c2ed2f8b1d4084f23e043f1e1436b1ecd62f1513214a8de77fc54a95f
font_02_sfnt_off0001265e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265E 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 020f18e2365cc172a32c6d2b8963830e625a05be9c6de60117d08b6a8b67b91a