Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9a4189d315494d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:09:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 31032783c1e6040120560e5e964e001a SHA-1: 89afe1373450b5a1487163d13518ddb41791e606 SHA-256: b9a4189d315494d25d48fe325e1a7e08d31cdeb2fe1e468a7d18fed773ad67fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to facilitate phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+phone+saying+no+network+connection PDF link annotation
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/39749747241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/kejivavababikevanuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/munulekojepukikezemogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/risukadefuwogerovani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifuxusemotijaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/vabikajazadomoduwames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/gitezusiganotalobuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/81612192560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e127d9f44---6340891775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didesurodepijavifipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/vakobuwezelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/wojibuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c8d6919b7dd45e154246bce2bc6b96/4913024400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtaadmin.mrv-educationservices.com/content_file/files/45121725610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319e628eaa2---9501378708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/zexofudutudokeruzejako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/gabumikovezalaguzejoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/50417258155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/42565128939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duru9fmuf0820srlvqlv8d6jb3/24477952857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/82068998337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kapejujosevelelorexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/6250838630.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_off0000ba62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA62 15860 bytes
SHA-256: b52ada42ebb1ff37168634c388dcf46bfe776bec408cb64518aebc33c12e8d61
font_01_sfnt_off0000e294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE294 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000faab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAAB 11060 bytes
SHA-256: cbf3aac6b43e7554eacfa1397ada9e9dcdcb931ee1bf27740cce81abd1ee3604