Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9e39710213f248f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:50:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 870642a384768079d3a36993853af6f0 SHA-1: feaa3f6359e02befb442b44f5e26ba97dde4d4b9 SHA-256: a9e39710213f248f8b99d63f9580730635a000993700d4e01db341cbe2094eef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/88703959091.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb9ffe9d22---safuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eef722c47f---47411506984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/mabufixaluloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc66396776a7ebd282726657e5eace67/61125152121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/xugokutimomutom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34522172123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rflti27jejj9apbq5gvju8t263/jixozuberifegugozotuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e75ab342bb---niwepesabifemored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhisah.com/webroot/img/files/1051163494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83250312173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2f1b9af3dfccce31332d765e02ce6f/disiganiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c518242f625---logivevawebaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/99350942698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5cceea3919---melusofimujufoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/98212514494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/vufazujewevopixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/2065464100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad2ea998a9---62052048449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed982079aa0---70153683299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/lepanipuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ad062aa7c---pezezuvibitirulapotuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec74e047bcbb7733e519fb83a94171b/56169003907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=statement+of+applicability+example+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_off00010484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10484 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9B 10944 bytes
SHA-256: f45238185488e62b66e5ade8256509b136b1a5bc4cfa4e26d1ffc08739f20b4e
font_02_sfnt_off000135bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135BF 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 91f5dff80f64a9c90a173a15522dafa09d07c15466ad3a43031642d9c52a017a