Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad9fa654a8406887…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:23:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9ae44ed87ca10665f3321babd0052d95 SHA-1: 57b94cf2663e051ccd141108f75bf586bfacc23a SHA-256: ad9fa654a8406887a18a11c1b2f2689fa3f91273b888fdd6d253f49df7f0e511
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm with numerous URLs, many hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification 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://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210507100616.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3cb47f79a---nebomuzijonepomalamowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/54551091043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35441172835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0dcebc3eb---dasaxizasuverib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c6f15a4afd97eb2bdf00a710629670/8971816699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87bb109b8cf6c6d2dc871640845daca0/65043412649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/28386604703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/19766070980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/72658887098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/zijilebotipimidubezulaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96qr0brvm09uqjqfkt85pvj9v2/95476573229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aa3a61ddb---1500974236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94187baa71e7646fa79f643a3f6d7d3/25154565942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e01b5c068d---mefibukuwobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8j4gugv5eajvdd63fv9u09u3f/544278837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac156655bcc---62760597667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcd3e8tv63s1ea4vg11qlpu5m6/dilobowolegirudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74382667214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b181ddf804---55712334917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3faad5d7fd---jowupumisovenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/3679037804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607137343c26a---56479597331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca89d80aaa3---filifakotiturifibotite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+equity+shares+workPDF 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_off0000f16e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16E 16680 bytes
SHA-256: acfb122e0b408bc12532a347471676d1ce7e3a0497d254d35449c6105f90a993
font_01_sfnt_off00011cc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC2 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 0e700b58c46953b33bba0d92151c2c262dae20dc35042db2ee502b7646fbe294
font_02_sfnt_off00013565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13565 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1