Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9aacbb9d9113ff8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 15:07:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 9685825c53b66ab1fadbcab78469d40f SHA-1: 2d9f60595b7b042022f5abf47df8e611e29811c1 SHA-256: c9aacbb9d9113ff80c7e90f1d0c22f8c4412c28e0e8a35d6ca26f7daf393e98b
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 executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing or malware payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/31690806011.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/92000840196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be4kfm1htpiboef4c62thcah2l/satosulanobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fa27be83d---17341602673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/tokezezobomelujeginajizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fedico.ca/upload/editor/file/90915327210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d4f0c8a4d---gajapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608383dd184e3---zaregig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0416a253f---muvepawoxuwodokale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ee69b5b02---bokunivudifinewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///6881586280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/80234505142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/9069522273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rozgarnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60381259386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/kutigunorixovedoberir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/16083032013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/64574111725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/31474688768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgk49en6gsv9vh9ta39cd8ff85/javebevubevugowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hij8q361cpofbd2l15jsnm35jk/xizekuselarusulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/jasebesijokomofudadakopib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jf8sej2io5mpnjegh0uk2a8ou8/kedizipojuvevenuwakikupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3dc0cb5eea4c059ec12f84ea0c681cf/38362919358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9b1d74b02c572f8e1cd75e38179a174/31050353555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d37dcefac7e117beb032a7bddd181e4a/40541721085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d143ab29a9---walaxutuguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ejemplos+de+problemas+de+multiplicacion+y+division+para+ni%C3%B1os+de+primariaPDF 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_off0000dba7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA7 11416 bytes
SHA-256: bff42766a2f39cb41d06d09cc6589e444686b71939aabf0490232894aca36abf
font_01_sfnt_off0000f613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF613 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 948380f4232eadad95c2223ff407b7735b1fef727d67c596732badf233a90e69
font_02_sfnt_off0001225d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1225D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1