Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab9710fdedb4dad0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:55:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cd68ca10ea716e5af12918faf1004da9 SHA-1: 3668a89ab6b0d3a77f69523e0fa3e7b646aa33c3 SHA-256: ab9710fdedb4dad0438694432192d1c0047f9241b675f1708426517a0fd7c529
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=network+security+assessment+o%27reilly+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/63393410120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f730ca70a7---lalelalepagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fed1c79e2e---99512336706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960dc14b17e---6812671646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115da7d4cca3---73952318316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/buxoruxeluwebilaxosigozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/gizagewozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ki6t8vodjomuud76qdthik28be/novutagepabetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210725002233_0wr1j7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5df02074---ruvepokinarawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7191a90ceb178b81900ee1d9249f27d2/lawadigamodaderarovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b1692964d5c40f44a25b0b294565328/89477414777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/nereziwexetoruraneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/43527518314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/mafunujuzokomisumopibome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4c137c9dbb---xarufuzojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/womezonadesovisujelozolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/96996051034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f82f5b8122e5a7c562c8e44e7a28e931/jipanivuvixozilirumagute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608904a50f072---vefewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34866234200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61910820026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161039726ad42d---88168733224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bbce425bbd---semomiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60047de1e6a6f6d8623d8f70c089c316/mixejoluwujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ea1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA1C 11184 bytes
SHA-256: e3b13fa194279691b9e2a9d2a0e34f4de8da7cad77f2269d5039a2f1408efc1a
font_01_sfnt_off00010473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10473 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C85 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 782213f510fe842950ced4b4df61e6da9ff63c65b66d22122db16541f5ccc4df