Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9a6cda9ca4c5cb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 22:45:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0edf30845e2b10365f72d890ea4bf2cf SHA-1: 34a34f23b924c0bee41524e042993dc867e268f1 SHA-256: c9a6cda9ca4c5cb091748e2ddd680ebf3145b19e51fa2a15182728f72aa4698d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a fake browser extension or update. Embedded JavaScript streams and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/pefeberigifupel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613449a383f09---18967245074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613215198ec3f---ginizilemamalurazujawemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76967351930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301a2e15183---bakavafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owop.challengersports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gebixekerikodebarenalazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webminmax.com/userfiles/file/53340357893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebornfair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_5975DD5B3313B541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96245576672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/706e0f14d76a1ff790b1938038296336/gisumumofaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401b197b691---fesuvawadubipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waxiangyuan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-16/20210916003217987896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/jidezenirikobitijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137df15f04fb---rogobixavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/nanijabopesidelovoguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/99001773607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d29cda7a18e1450f32ac88d6fccd164e/71100698223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlajamo.cz/images/file/radojupidevemilopepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141277f337c4---woratudulezenifajida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtmaso.com/public_html/Imagens/file/14537521822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613694553be90---kaxedosekegiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bon-mar.com/fck_user_files/file/81368083490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arrhythmiaclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210910150038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=lightweight+browser+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ba4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA4C 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 30a283d81601b9fb0893dd7cc01f8d5d96035117281cdf70165bb39f131ce68b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eaf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF0 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 7c7497dc2e2ca0bad97e6aa91fb7cd041fbee854e47934b530eb9f3745d9ae3b