Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9ebf3a80422bcf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:34:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4e5c970dcddf2b7f37f6a730f75df27b SHA-1: e93c43f44414da700f607a3be7ea7fd61cc78d33 SHA-256: a9ebf3a80422bcf20b04859a087e10fbc434ffb11a3fa1d8ae26bdf791763313
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of multiple links pointing to external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially distribute phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61747152431.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/digujofudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84266189881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/bozejeximipufawapudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd798d5e22b---12412628506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ea995d725772995c8c90688f7deb9ba/kopebekizakupabesova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/jokusodarura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/77874858401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7e320f8ef842a1e65db07863174e16f/momirolesejuvunutetubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/kapibenimewonedolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/70020560939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90813777669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cbaedf5c6---funuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xulynuocphangiathinh.vn/images/pic/file/97119540272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074344923f48---wazijalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverhouse.at/pcms/content/file/kogumolowofasafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f05ad30abb---vagijufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/38377650679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7mmkvknuai7ne1el4gu9e243at/fanixesovijujerox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1112c4eee4---mufakaxijemapiwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/74226704038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce302cc330---biregiwuvibogusujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/15114157906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/11456014135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c567c47365ae347b0ac5801830451d/7706992504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=requirements+for+occupational+therapy+schoolPDF 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_off0000ea97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA97 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 6235e5a29380e9f335b7a8f5a86b838f2602dc92c8e8f7aab0c8c748ad3a7d58
font_01_sfnt_off000116eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116EB 11152 bytes
SHA-256: d1cd8c9935c9fd3cf4b8f4753ae969e8c6d4aad817eabb95e643d2360aa53e76
font_02_sfnt_off000130ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1