Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9d949eb13c09eda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-24 17:44:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f46bf593351ef5c8345976c2bd73d2eb SHA-1: b9cbb413b7a08fc3a98b45b058add7fc7bfa2a5c SHA-256: a9d949eb13c09eda1edeca544760b8cacee2379beb4e63b12b66b961edc5560e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The document appears to function as a link farm, directing users to potentially malicious or phishing content hosted on various domains, some of which are associated with compromised WordPress sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0b1ee302e9e0125f1ef47a446e93ad7/gigejetipetidija.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406195d7dec---91147062083.pdf
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/lawakulifetunenezeru.pdf
    • http://vipacademy.org/userfiles/file/zepukalisarezuzotogudol.pdf
    • http://ancheng-medical.com/uploadfile/files/zalavidezadojuxin.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16543a2b320dde40fa98c0eed1045120/13915609999.pdf
    • http://japanbizkorea.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/49229680263.pdf
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/fiboxenibalijilasapufil.pdf
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/jobopetuzej.pdf
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90455952787.pdf
    • http://quesnelbusinessnetwork.ca/userfiles/file/suwulukefu.pdf
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/58151881478.pdf
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/50824350960.pdf
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/45222739719.pdf
    • http://barefoot.pl/userfiles/file/61255840869.pdf
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/megajodevum.pdf
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/ruzarif.pdf
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///xujufareridutenegidarew.pdf
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/571fbb56d3c1a5353f0c60a52b83ed46/99409035018.pdf
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33051211838.pdf
    • http://jinwoosmc.com/userfiles/file/3479079789.pdf
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/sejutaronukid.pdf
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/66173558242.pdf
    • https://kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71711253499.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=wonder+skin+free
    • 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_off0000b340.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB340 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb52.bin
7be94cea3a89126f323bc756009ba8a2999716cc01c1ec19c116c43344bf94bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB52 18896 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000faba.bin
d521f1a2e13b9a2f9dd9cb1d9e33a439d7ca53d13b87aae7dffdd0ec8deb5531
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABA 10128 bytes