Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9f743f844e0ddcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 17:00:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 698135324fb46e088cc3467904dc81bf SHA-1: 6a95ea2527066095922c66bd3c140b3273d2ba1c SHA-256: a9f743f844e0ddcc89214f3c144b945654543c028afe5566f0d10a8b35b244ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://yk-tech.com.tw/ckfinder/uploads/ckfiles/files/928604366.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/81858162139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.com/userfiles/file/makoxowowiwepezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48baaa69c3869db8db04c975f97d76aa/98356295767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/40886129617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/38928786433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/zupogajofoponogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/jajuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.samuitns.com/image/upload/File/jasuragitedidofoveni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52639073913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/pikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://racecross.com/upload/edito_fckeditor/file/20154561702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/wotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowurojozejobevutironegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/53762976483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe015d270d---71659678806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroyvodservice.ru/upload/File/36145877299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/7762609392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/44172452820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613256bb28b9a---37040098186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/55256408722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68198715155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/90619503670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi-m.ru/userfiles/file/52129852038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1630956895_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/nadatedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=app+lock+and+hide+apkPDF 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_off0000d57c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD57C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8E 19144 bytes
SHA-256: 67bd1e7f578708f8a32dd0201eb364225fb3605d3d51b0f6bbe288e9c60ef134
font_02_sfnt_off00011f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F80 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 722756662d4fc080013bafd2708e9ff7b643ed33e7106670d6e6928e80bf13e4