Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9a9d9261847fdec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:23:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fa9c31c08d8c32681ed13d2b401cef83 SHA-1: 34752f20044dab5cf9216bc4b0f207988e5a993d SHA-256: b9a9d9261847fdec55276bc9fd2b63df1056056f15f1fc63a70ed2d563bdc546
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common method for initiating malicious actions. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161184abd30252---musebejoxigewopefinoxabo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/275596b8873862346d89ea852bc8ca7d/4023426668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161293508949f0---lavunokabini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/pexaxoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fcd450bc1---19643566911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/59466363604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a92121851f1fb02e6b4b62aba3687d6/28591871759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/wakulanib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donakivekadimoserifun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonakobidonosoranatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/zanabizurovilusiginomuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/46259123320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04e105768c8cb7a9d7d1b9b37d7edd35/ruwipetaronegabemeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4651dec45c37bce84d44a2b7a3e479df/58102493789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///87056095626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a28f37cb3---43909040265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/62314481924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103a6b009db0---58432650574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52417738913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/zivotinuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/26846303964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee50d6716b---xodubimowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/rozemiteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/71969388654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=star+stable+online+generatorPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5dec0298b4a10a5c874a6c083088007/91584127021.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_off0000ed1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1A 18288 bytes
SHA-256: cfe92fd256d54d185bfc7a628e41d1f62a000b712f475507d5885c1d5b71ac40
font_01_sfnt_off00011c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C81 10500 bytes
SHA-256: dfc6259032c9c09525d1df114a780de924863919abcc59cd1196e516803291b2
font_02_sfnt_off00013479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13479 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1