Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9c1d36c29ce1d74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2cc427542ee89e392d0742ca70833abc SHA-1: cf28416c835e8180a153677e28f374d4a80d4ede SHA-256: a9c1d36c29ce1d7460344c99b44d69e7db6050a7fdca1e8a797c0bb10a10a61e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The PDF also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. These factors, combined with ML and ClamAV detections, strongly indicate a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e083724a0---fagelofuduxazik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/mujukajatorubozaxosoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/38110849178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed1d2bae9e---23567717293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741e7f890cd---45480824364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/wiwasigekogoxorefifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6842e7b89---72029267390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864f8727ad9---razexuwopanapare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0d0df39ca---baramurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcalesterhighschool1960sreunion.com/clients/e/e6/e641a1dc2b4fc8b0483efb779338bfbd/File/xokiboberotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0aa85584b2---rubudorotimaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thcgs8e2orqbl7c4jtf98qlrgi/65055721118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84621055477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrmkaryacollege.org/rrmkarya/userfiles/file/satavisidemenupor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608313652d1f9---wamixefabukivavufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/14559852250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848661e2594---29399195220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/fekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608751d05f2e5---18682863604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elliptical-trainers.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25764793079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokapriz42.ru/userfiles/file/87602735878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6c31ecacb---48755721504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93956947410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de6dd9744a3---21888849476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/78658149606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=gir+cow+information+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_off0000e877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE877 10560 bytes
SHA-256: f32abc655403f73187ab716bd92f527aea183cb671d96b72cd9d7dabfc874a31
font_01_sfnt_off0001009e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B0 20364 bytes
SHA-256: a1a4f0b293e7a08c15b3f923b0944bb9e6b3ba181fbac67a9bfa993d12c89f51