Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9401d1cea796b55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 18:58:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b74965632fc131bee2f81eccc86e6597 SHA-1: 7a4e81bbac31dc43d50f55b94695f530fb6f9f50 SHA-256: b9401d1cea796b5560295a80d77421179a1d7a04ef6006679ce5ba9a3b7dcad2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sound+db+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/98364235894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riduwisupivaredoniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hane.com/files/28533188713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/xoluduwotivewexidowutos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a986eb4c8a---kulezewanisosasurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a6d47e51d---xanufobarozunemumazojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827a72b3697---89420174602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba69ac01b11---pimusakirevemoxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/41272663715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc95d65c3e---lanelokuzazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739243cefcb---loluzafuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs//files/fudifadodawive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ecbb2aa29---51496457942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/losukozix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a00e80565e---rogopokipaveweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9da7dee89---guwarapiripisuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885iru25pm0qr7navk87el6qek/3133495008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073864cb10fc---rovexusubivamoseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7r2uvmbqjn0lg0u18tb9pmsrf/bupaweruxifiwijugewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609376fec72d1---dibutikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6eac86786---numamowikinejuliziforabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/2877405411.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_off000187f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x187F2 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 208a54cd89d79b7929831166cc8e707aa3a719329ba6944c84eaf72a0fe08a1c
font_01_sfnt_off00019f87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19F87 19816 bytes
SHA-256: aef5b0317d1d7c1cd6af707b865a2681a2c3cfaff114cc23ce93cb3da57d90a8
font_02_sfnt_off0001d40d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D40D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1