Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9bd91a04ab5039b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:34:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7872c695b68d7e1287807320f0adf16f SHA-1: df917bcd186d34fe82c4a086f6c03893e580f47d SHA-256: b9bd91a04ab5039bb8a8fb3ec4886aef4bc4c26bf5e1755e8dc2c390dbc45f0f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are identified as part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery through these redirected links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+organelles+are+found+in+a+prokaryotic+cell PDF link annotation
    • http://ghgunclub.com/clients/f/f3/f3036db30fa8ed97f94f648fc77c1040/File/31618685199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10bdb14f07ba894f33f92600e188c214/2891024028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d39db9e68d---punuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghefoot.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/38832145507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/matiluguraji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/pogefugifadelepilawafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19m2ch65g422hrdcju8t7l3tsf/1638977408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe6c729abbee3e7e2d10061a00b69913/dolabokimubododaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610277d84533f---24819802021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/28290929976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/66260747702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dcba8f3d8c---gogivaruxukeram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9e312c8a4---96559636484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/wobetijojano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.com/userfiles/file/pinajubupasule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/jodoxokixizojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/semewakeverefamuvuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071432e47a87---89949902487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekmaker.com/upload/files/tekavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604084801837075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/30738282358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/momijonevatosude.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_off0000b30b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB30B 15732 bytes
SHA-256: 185364b51267ce7d95ae571eb2d43fdf9d928acd081c67489fbf80d015a6468e
font_01_sfnt_off0000da8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8A 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 161516e95a86d0c0506133c080975bdb82adbcc9401a948b36fcb3c20df4a80d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF492 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1