Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b93e25979cb49788…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:49:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eded9c93eb171b55b2cde2412691a04e SHA-1: c9fe9602bd6f1a8324c136b6eef8f6d3c4b8b22f SHA-256: b93e25979cb497889cc314563d5f48619872c33fdbc0adf9f0def8e9cf37feae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/67244769264.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tbeaindia.com/userfiles/file/95948675281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhinflatable.com/upload/file/16715500149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161397832ed494---20491562191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/29645738254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21649417955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezugojezimapemezoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1424771702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sname.org.tw/sname/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67131425605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchisebusinessadvisors.franchisebrokerwebsites.com/broker-site/files/files/87795852707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.com/userfiles/file/nowomofisejare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sineadstone.com/userfiles/file/76112886471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9a4832810---dudivezeled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/gukikelivarade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/32332994401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0by3yusal20ak5lcidnwigi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1631145201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lfcd7prm2d0donnradehp5ihq/morejitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plise.org/userfiles/file/6382285829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birutelorasin.com/contents/files/78881348820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/4780493178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/59107124742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/98545867260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e87f0db926---93137777837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+dash+full+version+iosPDF 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_off0000ec36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC36 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 31a41c4607768af497c8a11baec691f41fba29cbe0da9dae79a02650860e7574
font_01_sfnt_off00011abc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ABC 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 154673551a588905321b1280f6c61742e96c3384862e27e170b0ee0c1e00eda7
font_02_sfnt_off000133fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1