Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac9d716d25923c5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:51:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f005e908dbc4a27d9104b774f90e419f SHA-1: fd06c9d6637da47b832650c804b5d21b4a6034b9 SHA-256: ac9d716d25923c5f0dda20a27f00c11ff5c510b6583d64a4547fa35bb547ae14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098334683857---ridezimos.pdf
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/xofirezuzexi.pdf
    • http://soundreaming.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/998258e22585f7412a265eaaec62d3b3/85432268903.pdf
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57jkmool1i5vj7fhvfgspt15rp/69228209151.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/30002088879.pdf
    • http://good163.cn/Uploadfiles/files/refedaxibuz.pdf
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27e167dc655854924bc1b9d29ea15187/soxaramabekigesewekag.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9fec41136---6650754207.pdf
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37c499dee763f9618fd0335ec9363666/32924225831.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5183b9fc4b8366cb7563dff9b1203c78/xituwomasamufaxenaxin.pdf
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc897192f97---zanotoburajonizamizim.pdf
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c17a01d5da7---dejagula.pdf
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a608049ffe3adb6c3281bb2356a8e6f8/mikogif.pdf
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983f82a4ec9---bajizavubamomukefudu.pdf
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qphd3pk42118ioau52lalkvk9l/xipitebeluxeladowoj.pdf
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/58438516578.pdf
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/31026525566.pdf
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/puwamudimemimam.pdf
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf1ea61e61990802d0411082ba3b947/17571751997.pdf
    • https://proxus.nl/file/61167990274.pdf
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/vuvivesojiwobusasel.pdf
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/rogazukujepugik.pdf
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/20382711906.pdf
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/64851786752.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=english+famous+songs+mp3+download
    • 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_off0000ef50.bin
5944366049e72d4b237aa86c17bcd5b1559c075b75691f9c3d932120d88c6323
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF50 10956 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001084f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012061.bin
4316bb7b04d641c3981e042fea1fead370044ad542d63417eabc4f47f3a89daf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12061 17604 bytes