Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab9f9fd5eb732825…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 17:13:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: be6ffba2280f6f01ee65d0d6f66177bb SHA-1: 80e5947e9e4d00824843a101683d2a32c1dce367 SHA-256: ab9f9fd5eb7328250848121d5e0b6679fe436e5c43da089b5d7ebceb65612614
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://vigova.vn/Images_upload/files/78859148874.pdf
    • https://keongracun.org/contents//files/zivop.pdf
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2fedb5684e95df71c105574316cab00/rajilokigaxusakigisaret.pdf
    • https://xn--p3t29jo1ed4o4xw.tw/upload/files/66422025061.pdf
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/83862774963.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1d9954acb---wodiwip.pdf
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9f5c477f0---duselu.pdf
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b56e41e516---72992273762.pdf
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55714334852.pdf
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202107/files/20210710140511863255.pdf
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kuo11vmr9msrmvc05184n0f3n5/tekujunemejubuwokad.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9973012fc6---89102263063.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815c5300fd8---27703110413.pdf
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/59211515863.pdf
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/2107012258497430642nfo7kwtilhg.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e5364962a---299789248.pdf
    • http://www.klimavill.com//data/editorfile/wolaparogu.pdf
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/34793450781.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b838fcdd8f---30604938471.pdf
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/pejixakiwaxej.pdf
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31706576458.pdf
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/40390237431.pdf
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e66713c3a9c3b227204608917c15c51/11881127374.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=da+for+central+government+employees+2020
    • 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_off0000ea47.bin
cce70a7ffb4d07aeaaa6e5fa7293d7d59498ad6e16e422cedff50c3dd6f4cd64
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA47 11156 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001047c.bin
483bef68bb8a2dcd0f12871b0ed23d036f9f6281808fc666b6cc89ba07a9b2f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047C 16844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013069.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13069 16792 bytes