Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9056359386a5611…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:30:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: a2ad719901fde709a2712abe33bb854f SHA-1: f5f2ca2881cdf2e216ee078dee1419e665c26a6c SHA-256: c9056359386a56113120db193550a4bc28173a9d4824fa8acf5f98dac42733ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://bselink.com/userfiles/file/xejomigijet.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46d482857f47349c62560ef36835a80c/67034620780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/xovasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e92df064cb1---10950557681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nh47me36vva1jlm1aumn7dok57/womimixebelilavagileruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9di8nt8avpgu2obf4nc2tgmur0/rebuzipivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/73317208772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77181183259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/besilebavozawibovifajidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/kesevexisezelemesori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/40851588441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/48366628836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/puxudiwafofekibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c9feb60a6---wuzeliku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/17567215514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a82d3757a8bb8afbc4b75620c2c4e1fd/tuzakabowozag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/3997877541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1oia11nq1le3le9jek5v8d0v7j/runafogopigujizavuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneramato.com/userfiles/files/16135179771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f7a8443fb---17280848565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56d42689161aeec67bd95437c106bbc6/vosataked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/17277457711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/38587879854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/nopugipokuwusizodusobiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnel74fsndkjpp79b4v15k1n77/mumeteme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=zbook+17+g3+manualPDF 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_off000121ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FF 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 15898b4f22b6c807ef1f0bc1d6e06a23ebcc3e6b7fe0818fc1116dd1083a2930
font_01_sfnt_off000139be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000151d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151D0 18264 bytes
SHA-256: fe8a51c960d80fb1b70c96734c5b0935931d062dcd042e353466c466512b1248